by Jo Walton · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781472112972
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«Farthing» is the alternate history and mystery novel by Jo Walton, published by Corsair in paperback (316 pages, in English).
In an alternate England, the nobility overthrew Churchill and made peace with Hitler in 1941. Years later, during a gathering at Farthing estate, a guest is found murdered with a yellow Star of David on his chest. Suspicion falls on David Kahn, Jewish husband of Lucy Eversley, and she investigates amid secrets and tensions.
First installment of Jo Walton's Small Change trilogy, also known as Small Change Trilogy 1.
For readers of alternate history and suspense fiction; Ursula K. Le Guin recommends it on the cover to fans of John le Carré.
Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel Among Others, which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and Tooth and Claw, a Victorian-era novel with dragons which won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. Other works by Walton include the Small Change series, in which she blends alternate history with the cozy mystery genre, comprising Farthing, Ha'penny and Half a Crown. Her fantasy novel Lifelode won the 2010 Mythopoeic Award, and her alternate history My Real Children received the 2015 Tiptree Award.
