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> Tag: hernan diaz

Both more finance AND mystery than I expected

Trust by Hernan Diaz

January 9, 2023 by booktrovert Leave a Comment

When Trust was longlisted for the Booker prize, it was described as a “literary puzzle about money, power and intimacy” – and that’s quite apt for this novel. By the time I got around to reading it, I had all but forgotten any previous descriptions I had read about the novel, and thus the amount of talk about the 1929 (among others) market crash was a bit unexpected. Because this is a novel and not a textbook, the finance talk eventually gives way to a highly […]

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It’s Only a Matter Of…

Trust by Hernan Diaz

September 8, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR14Bingo: Dough. The book involves a man who makes a lot of money (“dough”) off the stock market in the 20s and 30s and how stories revolve around him. I was excited to get this one given both the premise and reviews. I have a yen for these kinds of neo-Gatsby stories set in the early part of the 20th century that examine finance and/or gangsterism juxtaposed with the American Dream. Legs by William Kennedy qualifies for this label, as does Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan […]

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Jake's CBR14 Review No:166 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: cbr14bingo, Dough, finance, Great Depression, hernan diaz, Money, New York City, Stock Market, Trust ·
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The naked man stared at the footprints he had left on his way to his ice bath and then followed them back to the ship.

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

May 15, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I hadn’t heard of this novel until it was nominated on the released ballot for the Pulitzer Prize, which is already a weird system. You might guess this, but I like to read the nominees ahead of time. Anyway, I made some dumb assumptions about this novel going in. I figured that in 2018, a writer with a Hispanic last name with a cover overlooking a desert might be writing about border issues. Unfounded assumption! This is a book about a larger than life Swedish […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: hernan diaz, in the distance

vel veeter's CBR10 Review No:139 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: hernan diaz, in the distance ·
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