"The Fraud," by Zadie Smith, is a historical novel set in Victorian England, centered around the infamous Tichborne case. The story revolves around a man claiming to be the lost heir to the Tichborne baronetcy, Sir Roger Tichborne, while others, including a Scottish housekeeper, Eliza Touchet, and a formerly enslaved man from Jamaica, Andrew Bogle, question his identity. The novel explores themes of truth, fiction, identity, class, and the complexities of human nature within a world of hypocrisy and self-deception.

Author

Zadie Smith