RAFT Book Club

The book for September is "Trust" by Hernan Diaz. This book "navigates the line between politics and artistry with rare skill. Set in New York City’s late-19th-century financial world, the book is composed of four fictional texts, each focused on the same people but written from a different vantage point. The question is: Which narrator does the reader believe? Trust’s storytelling is impeccable, full of twists and surprises. The book is also a remarkable criticism of unbridled capitalism—but the story does not exist in service of a doctrine. It remains unlike anything else I’ve read. — Clint Smith"