{"product_id":"the-fraud-9780593792643","title":"The Fraud","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller - \u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e10 Best Books of the Year - One of NPR's Best Books of the Year \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eand BookPage \u003cb\u003e- One of Oprah Daily's Best Novels of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] brilliant new entry in Smith's catalog . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Fraud\u003c\/i\u003e is not a change for Smith, but a demonstration of how expansive her talents are.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story--and who gets to be believed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper--and cousin by marriage--of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She suspects her cousin of having no talent; his successful friend, Mr. Charles Dickens, of being a bully and a moralist; and England of being a land of facades, in which nothing is quite what it seems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Andrew Bogle, meanwhile, grew up enslaved on the Hope Plantation, Jamaica. He knows every lump of sugar comes at a human cost. That the rich deceive the poor. And that people are more easily manipulated than they realize. When Bogle finds himself in London, star witness in a celebrated case of imposture, he knows his future depends on telling the right story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The \"Tichborne Trial\"--wherein a lower-class butcher from Australia claimed he was in fact the rightful heir of a sizable estate and title\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ecaptivates Mrs. Touchet and all of England. Is Sir Roger Tichborne really who he says he is? Or is he a fraud? Mrs. Touchet is a woman of the world. Mr. Bogle is no fool. But in a world of hypocrisy and self-deception, deciding what is real proves a complicated task. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on real historical events, \u003ci\u003eThe Fraud \u003c\/i\u003eis a dazzling novel about truth and fiction, Jamaica and Britain, fraudulence and authenticity and the mystery of \"other people.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZadie Smith \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNW\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwing Time\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Embassy of Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e; three collections of essays, \u003ci\u003eChanging My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFeel Free\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIntimations\u003c\/i\u003e; a short story collection, \u003ci\u003eGrand Union\u003c\/i\u003e; and a stage play, \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of Willesden\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Other People\u003c\/i\u003e. Smith was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002, and was listed as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Young British Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. Smith is currently a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Large Print Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591457509650,"sku":"9780593792643","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47a4fc97-e2f0-4398-a380-4f3d30a3a97e.jpg?v=1758092543","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fraud-9780593792643","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}