MIDTOWN January 2027 — The Fraud, by Zadie Smith

📖 Why this book? 📖

The New York Times bestseller • One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year • One of NPR's Best Books of the Year • Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly
"[A] brilliant new entry in Smith's catalog...
The Fraud is not a change for Smith, but a demonstration of how expansive her talents are." — Los Angeles Times
From 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

PRAISE FOR THE AUDIOBOOK
"With the virtuosic agility of an actor in a one-woman play, Smith as narrator so fully embodies each of her many distinct characters that she exposes, sometimes without their even knowing, the ways in which every one of us misrepresents ourselves in one way or another. This is a 19th-cen-tury novel of manners in which various people have very bad ones, and the result, thanks to the author's perfect ear for comic timing, is vigorously, insistently fun-ny... Smith bounces nimbly across the vernacular empire while leaving no mistake about her ubiquitous irony, her vocal side eye." — Lauren Christensen, The New York Times Book Review

"Smith expertly performs her historical novel inspired by true events... Smith's performance possesses considerable emotional depth, and she delivers lines with her characteristic searing wit. Smith's ear for accents turns into perfectly performed dialogue for characters from every corner of London." — The Millions

Library Journal Publisher's Weekly

& BookPage & Booklist

& Kirkus Reviews

Good Reading Magazine
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10 Best Books of 2023
Libby Award Finalist

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💠 What can I expect? 💠

We will meet in-person after hours in Time Tested Books. Front door will be unlocked, and staff will point the way.

💬 We catch up socially;
🧊 we recommend a book or author, and
📕 we start our book discussion at 7pm.

👜 WHAT DO I BRING? 👜

◾️A snack or drink to share
◾️$5 (cash or Venmo 8913)
◾️And you could bring your book 😄

✴️ Event Fee Details ✴️

The $5 is split between our access to this Meetup platform and our access to the meeting location.

You can venmo me (https://venmo.com/u/Rebecca-Bon 8913) or bring cash.

However❕We would never want you to miss a book club discussion because of the $5, so please message me if you have any concerns

Thanks, and see you all soon!