Review: Trust

Trust by Hernan Diaz
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book has been on my list for a couple of years, and over the summer, I finally snagged a hardback edition at the excellent Spoonbill Books on Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn.

I liked the book—it was a compressed 'New York' by Rutherfurd Edward with a twist. The writing style was clever and engaging. It was a literary piece of 'detection' unravelling the events leading up to and following the Great Crash in 1929.

It reminds me of the need for humility in the face of Mr Market. In a classic example of 'self-serving' cognitive bias, we identify our skills when investments go well and blame market weakness and external issues that led to our losses.

It wasn't as good as I was expecting it to be, but it was enjoyable and surprising. I gave the book three stars.

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