- Published: 12 September 2023
- ISBN: 9780241337004
- Imprint: Hamish Hamilton
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 464
- RRP: $34.99
The Fraud
The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

















- Published: 12 September 2023
- ISBN: 9780241337004
- Imprint: Hamish Hamilton
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 464
- RRP: $34.99
No one understands humans better. As this novel shows, there is no better guide to people and their bottomlessness than Smith herself
iNews
No one understands humans better. As this novel shows, there is no better guide to people and their bottomlessness than Smith herself
iNews
No one understands humans better. As this novel shows, there is no better guide to people and their bottomlessness than Smith herself
iNews
No one understands humans better. As this novel shows, there is no better guide to people and their bottomlessness than Smith herself
iNews
No one understands humans better. As this novel shows, there is no better guide to people and their bottomlessness than Smith herself
iNews
No one understands humans better. As this novel shows, there is no better guide to people and their bottomlessness than Smith herself
iNews
This was really delightful. 10/10. Zadie Smith is a genius
Brandon Taylor author of The Late Americans
This was really delightful. 10/10. Zadie Smith is a genius
Brandon Taylor author of The Late Americans
This was really delightful. 10/10. Zadie Smith is a genius
Brandon Taylor author of The Late Americans
This was really delightful. 10/10. Zadie Smith is a genius
Brandon Taylor author of The Late Americans
This was really delightful. 10/10. Zadie Smith is a genius
Brandon Taylor author of The Late Americans
This was really delightful. 10/10. Zadie Smith is a genius
Brandon Taylor author of The Late Americans
A novel full of people, ideas, humour, feeling and something like moral truth – the stuff of life
Evening Standard
A novel full of people, ideas, humour, feeling and something like moral truth – the stuff of life
Evening Standard
A novel full of people, ideas, humour, feeling and something like moral truth – the stuff of life
Evening Standard
A novel full of people, ideas, humour, feeling and something like moral truth – the stuff of life
Evening Standard
A novel full of people, ideas, humour, feeling and something like moral truth – the stuff of life
Evening Standard
A novel full of people, ideas, humour, feeling and something like moral truth – the stuff of life
Evening Standard
Searingly original [and] virtuosic . . . the book masterfully depicts post-emancipation Britain as it ruptures along faultlines of class and race
Vogue
Searingly original [and] virtuosic . . . the book masterfully depicts post-emancipation Britain as it ruptures along faultlines of class and race
Vogue
Searingly original [and] virtuosic . . . the book masterfully depicts post-emancipation Britain as it ruptures along faultlines of class and race
Vogue
Searingly original [and] virtuosic . . . the book masterfully depicts post-emancipation Britain as it ruptures along faultlines of class and race
Vogue
Searingly original [and] virtuosic . . . the book masterfully depicts post-emancipation Britain as it ruptures along faultlines of class and race
Vogue
Searingly original [and] virtuosic . . . the book masterfully depicts post-emancipation Britain as it ruptures along faultlines of class and race
Vogue
Brilliant. A Dickensian delight
Los Angeles Times
Brilliant. A Dickensian delight
Los Angeles Times
Brilliant. A Dickensian delight
Los Angeles Times
Brilliant. A Dickensian delight
Los Angeles Times
Brilliant. A Dickensian delight
Los Angeles Times
Brilliant. A Dickensian delight
Los Angeles Times
The Fraud is unlike anything you’ll read this year: a charismatic, cerebral novel that asks us to consider the greatest fraud of all, that of one man claiming to hold the key to another’s freedom
Irish Times
The Fraud is unlike anything you’ll read this year: a charismatic, cerebral novel that asks us to consider the greatest fraud of all, that of one man claiming to hold the key to another’s freedom
Irish Times
The Fraud is unlike anything you’ll read this year: a charismatic, cerebral novel that asks us to consider the greatest fraud of all, that of one man claiming to hold the key to another’s freedom
Irish Times
The Fraud is unlike anything you’ll read this year: a charismatic, cerebral novel that asks us to consider the greatest fraud of all, that of one man claiming to hold the key to another’s freedom
Irish Times
The Fraud is unlike anything you’ll read this year: a charismatic, cerebral novel that asks us to consider the greatest fraud of all, that of one man claiming to hold the key to another’s freedom
Irish Times
The Fraud is unlike anything you’ll read this year: a charismatic, cerebral novel that asks us to consider the greatest fraud of all, that of one man claiming to hold the key to another’s freedom
Irish Times
A wonderful meditation on truth and falsehood, and the boundaries between fact and fiction
Spectator
A wonderful meditation on truth and falsehood, and the boundaries between fact and fiction
Spectator
A wonderful meditation on truth and falsehood, and the boundaries between fact and fiction
Spectator
A wonderful meditation on truth and falsehood, and the boundaries between fact and fiction
Spectator
A wonderful meditation on truth and falsehood, and the boundaries between fact and fiction
Spectator
A wonderful meditation on truth and falsehood, and the boundaries between fact and fiction
Spectator
A big, rich saga, tumbling with characters and big issues (feminism, slavery, truth)
The Times, 'Best Novels of 2023'
A big, rich saga, tumbling with characters and big issues (feminism, slavery, truth)
The Times, 'Best Novels of 2023'
A big, rich saga, tumbling with characters and big issues (feminism, slavery, truth)
The Times, 'Best Novels of 2023'
A big, rich saga, tumbling with characters and big issues (feminism, slavery, truth)
The Times, 'Best Novels of 2023'
A big, rich saga, tumbling with characters and big issues (feminism, slavery, truth)
The Times, 'Best Novels of 2023'