Literary powerhouse Zadie Smith is back with a new, highly-anticipated historical novel, The Fraud, which centers around the unforgettable Eliza Touchet and a real-life, explosive trial that divided Victorian England and asks who deserves to tell their story and who gets to be believed. Join Chicago Humanities and experience Smith’s iconic voice in person as this beloved novelist and essayist with novelist and poet Chris Abani discuss the relationship between truth and fiction, fraudulence and authenticity, and the mystery of “other people.”

A book signing will follow this program.

• This series is generously underwritten by Jane Saks and Emma Ruby-Sachs in honor of Esther S. Saks’s life of culture, curiosity, and commitment and presented with support from Francis W. Parker School. This program is part of the Social Justice and Equity Series supported by Allstate and ITW.
• Chicago Humanities is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling. All tickets include a copy of The Fraud, which you will pick up onsite at the event by showing the book voucher in your receipt.
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