| Ha'penny: A Story of a World That Could Have Been Contributor(s): Walton, Jo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765323141 ISBN-13: 9780765323149 Publisher: Tor Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Alternative History - Fiction | Thrillers - Political - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Small Change |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.55" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before Jo Walton won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for her stunning Among Others, she published a trilogy set in a dark alternate postwar England that had negotiated Peace with Honor with Nazi Germany in 1941. These novels-Farthing, Ha'penny, and Half a Crown-are connected by common threads, but can be read in any order. In Ha'penny, England has completed its slide into fascist dictatorship. The last hopes of democracy seem extinguished. Then a bomb explodes in a London suburb. The brilliant but compromised Inspector Carmichael of Scotland Yard is assigned the case. What he finds leads him to a conspiracy of peers and communists-of staunch King-and-Country patriots and hardened IRA gunmen-to murder the Prime Minister and his ally, Adolf Hitler. Against a background of domestic espionage and suppression, a band of idealists blackmails an actress who holds the key to the Fuhrer's death. From the ha'penny seats in the theatre to the ha'pennys that cover dead men's eyes, the conspiracy and the investigation swirl inexorably to a stunning conclusion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walton, Jo: - Jo Walton won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer on publication of her debut novel The King's Peace. She won the World Fantasy Award in 2004 for Tooth and Claw, and in 2012, the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Among Others. In addition to writing SF and fantasy, she has also designed role-playing games and published poetry. Her song "The Lurkers Support Me In Email" has been quoted innumerable times in online discussions all over the world, frequently without attribution. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal. |