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The Fraud

by Zadie Smith
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The Fraud
The Fraud

Historical intrigue linking London, Jamaica, and identity.

If you're drawn to rich historical tapestries that connect diverse worlds, "The Fraud" would be a perfect choice. Zadie Smith offers an immersive journey through Victorian England with a narrative that binds the lives of a cockney butcher, a former slave, and a literary circle. It's a book that not only captures the essence of identity and storytelling, but does so with the keen insight and vibrant characterization that Smith is renowned for.

  • Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2024)
  • Writers' Prize Nominee for Fiction (2024)
  • Libby Award Nominee for Best Adult Fiction (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Fraud

by Zadie Smith
RM36.89 MYR
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ISBN: 9780241983096
Authors: Zadie Smith
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date of Publication: 2024-06-05
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Mystery, World War II, Literature, Race
Goodreads rating: 3.28
(rated by 28831 readers)

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Truth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story? In her first historical novel, Zadie Smith transports the reader to a Victorian England transfixed by the real-life trial of the Tichborne Claimant, in which a cockney butcher, recently returned from Australia, lays claim to the Tichborne baronetcy, with his former slave Andrew Bogle as star witness. Watching the proceedings, and with her own story to tell, is Eliza Touchet - cousin, housekeeper and perhaps more to failing novelist William Harrison Ainsworth. From literary London to Jamaica's sugar-cane plantations, Zadie Smith weaves an enthralling story linking the rich and the poor, the free and the enslaved, and the comic and the tragic.
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Historical intrigue linking London, Jamaica, and identity.

If you're drawn to rich historical tapestries that connect diverse worlds, "The Fraud" would be a perfect choice. Zadie Smith offers an immersive journey through Victorian England with a narrative that binds the lives of a cockney butcher, a former slave, and a literary circle. It's a book that not only captures the essence of identity and storytelling, but does so with the keen insight and vibrant characterization that Smith is renowned for.

  • Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2024)
  • Writers' Prize Nominee for Fiction (2024)
  • Libby Award Nominee for Best Adult Fiction (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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