{"product_id":"the-fraud","title":"The Fraud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTruth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story? Zadie Smith returns with her first historical novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 realise. When Bogle finds himself in London, star witness in a celebrated case of imposture, he knows his future depends on telling the right story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 'Tichborne Trial' captivates 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... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR ZADIE SMITH: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer of remarkable wit and originality' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Smith] packs more intelligence, humour and sheer energy into any given scene than anyone else of her generation' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant writer' A M Homes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She's a genius' Dolly Alderton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Zadie Smith is a national treasure' James Gleick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tremendous talent . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmith is simply wonderful' Boyd Tonkin, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48362722820279,"sku":"9780241337004","price":299.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/0585\/8999\/files\/25169373482273_d05996d1-a047-48bd-8e28-33a2acc249c9.jpg?v=1777536029","url":"https:\/\/bargain-books-3052.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fraud","provider":"Bargain Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}