The Fraud
Novel by Zadie SmithWikipedia
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Oct 22, 2026
Rachel MartinHOST
There was on Beauty and Swing Time.
Rachel MartinHOST
Her most recent novel is called The Fraud, but it's White Teeth that's back in the spotlight.
Rachel MartinHOST
There's a new edition out, marking 25 years since it was first published.
Rachel MartinHOST
Zadie Smith, welcome to Wildcard.
BrieHOST
So maybe I'll do Pachinko this summer.
BrieHOST
Oh, Penelope finally read The Fraud.
BrieHOST
What did you think, Penelope? I remember talking with Bridie about that on Full Story, and we felt perhaps that Zadie Smith had reached the stage where people were not editing her as rigorously as she might have benefited from, which is frequently a challenge for the stratospherically successful writer.
BrieHOST
Mary finished Ordinary, Funny, Tragic.
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BrieHOST
Oh, Catherine read The Palm House by Gwendolyn Riley.
BrieHOST
Two people have recommended that to me personally.
BrieHOST
Sarah says, did not love the fraud.
BrieHOST
Okay.
ElizabethHOST
Me and Zadie Smith go way back.
ElizabethHOST
And by go way back, I think we've had quite a checkered, not necessarily checkered relationship because I've read The Fraud and I like The Fraud and I've read On Beauty and I liked On Beauty, but I am yet, and I actually did really love her nonfiction book about lockdown called Intimations, but I am yet to like adore a Zadie Smith fiction.
ElizabethHOST
But she is one of our most beloved writers in Britain.
ElizabethHOST
for a reason.
Rebecca SchinskyGUEST
... should it be faves? Should it be, like, things I loved recently that were surprising to me? And I think I'm gonna go that route.
Rebecca SchinskyGUEST
Like, Jeff and I are on the record in so many places about our longtime favorites, uh, that I love to be surprised by a book, and I think three that really did that for me in the last few years were The Fraud by Zadie Smith.
Rebecca SchinskyGUEST
I almost didn't read it 'cause the pitch, like, really put me off, and thank goodness that Jeff sent me a text that was basically like, "Bro, don't miss this." [laughs]
Anne BogelHOST
[laughs]