{"product_id":"the-fraud-zadie-smith-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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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\u003eMrs. 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\u003eAndrew 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\u003eThe \"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\u003eBased 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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zadie Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593792645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593792643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Large Print Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Zadie Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44133231558911,"sku":"9780593792643","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5aeec638-2b44-4487-bc68-9e7b32fcaa99.jpg?v=1687484865","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fraud-zadie-smith-9780593792643","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}