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Farthing

By Jo Walton

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| Hardcover | 9780765314215

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Over a summers weekend in 1949 -- but not our 1949 -- the upper-crust "Farthing set," the group that overthrew Churchill and negotiated peace with Hitler eight years before, enjoys a country retreat. Lucy is a minor daughter of two politicians in the group; since her marriage to a London Jew, relatiContinue

Over a summers weekend in 1949 -- but not our 1949 -- the upper-crust "Farthing set," the group that overthrew Churchill and negotiated peace with Hitler eight years before, enjoys a country retreat. Lucy is a minor daughter of two politicians in the group; since her marriage to a London Jew, relations have been strained. So shes surprised when she and husband David are invited for the weekend. Then, overnight, a different member of the set is found murdered, with abundant signs that the killing was ritualistic. As the authorities begin to investigate, it becomes clear to Lucy and David that they were invited in order to pin the murder on David. But whoever devised this conspiracy didnt reckon on the man from Scotland Yard being someone with his own private reasons for sympathizing with outcastsand looking beyond the obvious. As the trap slowly shuts on Lucy and David, they begin to see a way out -- a way fraught with peril in a darkening world. More than an alternate-history story, more than a drawing-room mystery, Farthing is a compelling story of encroaching darkness and the people who ultimately decide to resist it.

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  • The Best Reviews: Jo Walton, Farthing

    "A terrific alternate history police procedural" In 1941, Sir James Thirkie arranged a peace treaty with Hitler, which left the Nazis the continent. Eight years later, the right-wing Farthing Group, whose leader made peace in our times with the Germa ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • Farthing

    Jo Walton's novels are all quite different from one another. If any observation can be made about her work, it is that she has a gift for taking a familiar storyline and crossing it with an unexpected trope to present something not just new, but that ... (read full critics)

    sfsite published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

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  • I liked the surprises, but the writing wasn't that great. I loved the ending.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 320 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0765314215
  • ISBN-13: 9780765314215
  • Publisher: Tor Books
  • Pub date: Aug 08, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback
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