{"product_id":"9781554885299","title":"Faking","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Wainewright - Regency fop, literary hanger-on, collector of art and artifacts, forger and deported felon - is considered one of the most notorious of English murderers. He is believed to have been one of the first recorded serial killers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames King takes on this spectral character in his first novel, Faking, and examines a number of serious questions. Was Wainewright a faker? It’s historical \"fact\" that he forged sketches, paintings, letters and banknotes - but, more importantly, did he fake his life? In a complex tapestry of styles and voices, King plays with the assumptions of originality and experience, of academic fashions and biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through the voice of a Toronto housewife, Thomas Wainewright’s story is revealed through the voices of its main characters: the overly sensitive Tom, who wishes to address the characterizations of which he perceives himself to be victim (an essay by Wilde, a character in Dickens, a novel by Bulwer-Lytton); Tom’s cunning wife, Eliza; his sister-in-law, Helen; and his son, Griffiths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWainewright asserts his innocence of the murders (of his uncle, his mother-in-law, and his sister-in-law) but lays claim to the more fashionable - if not prestigious - guilt of forging a number of canvases, including the Gainsborough reproduced on the cover of the Simon\u0026amp;Pierre edition of Faking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a deft hand, James King weaves together the language of the Regency with the language of contemporary prose (while knocking the academic conventions) to provide the reader with a novel that is sure to entertain and, at its end, cause a moment of reflection on the nature and importance of authenticity, of leading an authentic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dundurn Group is pleased to announce the release of James King’s first novel, \u003ci\u003eFaking\u003c\/i\u003e. This is the first of five literary books to be published this season under the revived literary imprint, Simon\u0026amp;Pierre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165555933424,"sku":"9781554885299","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781554885299_p0.jpg?v=1763785579","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554885299","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}