The Fraud
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Dec 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show.
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…discussing smith's novel about 19th century trial as metaphor for contemporary populism
“But still, I was surprised when I finally read The Fraud, the book she released last year. I didn't expect this novel about a trial in 19th century London, which I knew it to be about, to be so resonant, so about 21st century America. But Smith has said that Trump and populism were front of her mind when she wrote it.”
The Ezra Klein Show — Best Of: Zadie Smith on Populists, Frauds and Flip Phonesat 03:08
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