September 19, 2024 7:00 pm
Observer Editor
Zadie Smith: Literati Bookstore
This bestselling New York–based British novelist reads from and discusses The Fraud, her sweeping 2023 historical novel set in Victorian England against the backdrop of the infamous “Tichborne Trial” involving a lower-class Australian butcher charged with fraud for claiming he was in fact a long-missing nobleman and the rightful heir of a sizable estate and title. Smith follows the case through the eyes of a Scottish housekeeper and a former Jamaican slave whose efforts to untangle truth from fiction offer a stinging commentary on the Victorian novel and British society. Signing. 7 p.m., Rackham Auditorium. $25 (includes a copy of the book) in advance at literatibookstore.com & (if available) at the door. (734) 585–5567.
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