Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead in 2023. That was the first time ever that two novels were awarded the Pulitzer in the same year. I loved Demon Copperhead so it was hard not to compare the two novels (as in, if I got to vote and only one of them could win, which one would I have voted for?). That said, they are extremely different novels, both very good.
Trust is composed of four fictional texts: A novel (Bonds), an incomplete autobiography (My Life), a completed memoir (A Memoir, Remembered), and a diary (Futures). While each book focuses on many of the same characters, the information included in each is often mutually exclusive, with it being left up to the reader to determine the truth. It was an interesting structure and I like his writing style. It tells the story of a wealthy secretive financier and his wife over many decades of US history, mostly set in NYC.
It is being adapted into a miniseries for HBO starring Kate Winslet and directed by Todd Haynes.
