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A tale of cruelty and imposture: The Fraud, by Zadie Smith, reviewed

Smith’s sweeping historical novel spans slavery in Jamaica in the 1770s and the marathon trials of the Tichborne Claimant in London a century later

The butcher Arthur Orton, also known as Thomas Castro, the Tichborne Claimant c. 1867. [Rischgitz/ Hulton Archive/ Getty Images]
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  • The Fraud

    Zadie Smith

    Hamish Hamilton, pp. 400, £20

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