{"product_id":"9780525558965","title":"The Fraud: A Novel","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.”","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917971243248,"sku":"9780525558965","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780525558965_p0.jpg?v=1763779401","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780525558965","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}