Sweet Reads Book Club: Trust

Who is Andrew Bevel? According to novelist Harold Vanner, he’s the ruthless, calculating financial tycoon who cashed out just before the stock market crash of 1929 and inspired Vanner’s own novel, Bonds. Yet Vanner’s fictional narrative isn’t the only version of Bevel’s life—conflicting accounts come from Bevel’s attempted memoir, his personal secretary’s memoir, and his wife Mildred’s private journal, all of which outline different versions of the man, his life, and the effects of extraordinary wealth and untold power on personal relationships. But which, if any, version of events is the truth? Figure out which one you believe in Hernan Diaz’s literary puzzle Trust.

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