The Trust Fund [Paperback]

Stephen Frey (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (2001)
• ISBN-10: 0345428307
• ISBN-13: 978-0345428301
• ASIN: B000OVAOZG
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #467,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephen Frey is a managing director at a private equity firm. He is the bestselling author of fourteen previous novels, including The Fourth Order, The Insider, and The Takeover. He lives in Florida.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting family thriller, January 2, 2001

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trust Fund (Hardcover)

Comparisons of his family are always to the Kennedy clan as the Hancock shares the same level of wealth, charisma, and political connections. There are five children in the family and their father, similar to Joe Sr. holds a taut reign on Paul, Tommy, Catherine, Bo, and Ashley even as he treats his two youngest as changelings.

Paul is running for president and with his dad's backing easily will win. Bo runs the family's Wall St. brokerage firm. That changes when Bo's alleged drinking and philandering reaches the ear of his father who exiles his youngest son to Montana a la Hoover. When his father becomes ill, Bo returns home to retake control of Warbled Capital even though his siblings prefer he remain in Big Sky country. Bo fights for his position, but soon learns his opponent is an invisible cabal of powerful people running the country from behind the scenes. Bo realizes he has a difficult decision whether to challenge this Goliath or not.

People not familiar with the intricacies of Wall St. probably will find this novel sells them short as it assumes full understanding of the financial markets. Yet, this does will not deter anyone from the full enjoyment of Stephen Frey's clever tale that obviously imitates real life. TRUST FUND will enhance Mr. Frey's reputation as one of the leaders of the political-financial thriller.

Harriet Klausner

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 stars, February 6, 2001

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Konrad Kern (OFallon, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trust Fund (Hardcover)

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I must admit that this is Stephen Frey's best novel so far. I know it sounds cliched, but it really grabbed me from the start and wouldn't let go. This book is definitely best read in one to three sittings because it is a little complex sometimes. As far as entertainment and pure escapist fiction goes, this was a great read. Power and Money make this suspenseful novel tick. Keep up the good work Mr. Frey.

Highly recommended.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great read that goes a little overboard at the end, February 19, 2001

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bob "ryanu" (WVC, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trust Fund (Hardcover)

Trust Fund grabbed me right from the start (a dead body in the beginning always helps). I have read all of Stephen Frey's books and this is one of his best, but one of his bad habits rears its ugly head again. Bo Hancock, the main character is an interesting character and I felt that I could relate with some of the decisions he made. The Hancocks are an interesting clan and they have a lot of problems, but they all seem to believe that money makes it all better, except our hero Bo of course.

I thought that the story flowed very well until the last quarter of the book, when Stephen Frey fell into the habit of making everything huge and corruption everywhere. It ended up having a little too much conspiracy theory for me. But if you can accept that this is a great read.