Book of the Week: Jo Walton, Farthing
Simultaneously a classic English country-house murder mystery and an extremely creepy alternate history in which England negotiated peace with Hitler in 1938 and the Third Reich now spans all of Europe; British Jews are third class citizens, homosexuality is a crime, and the propaganda machine makes giving up yet more civil liberties look like your patriotic duty. It's a testament to Walton's talent that this is still a cracking good story...but it'll be a long time before I'll be able to make myself re-read it.
Simultaneously a classic English country-house murder mystery and an extremely creepy alternate history in which England negotiated peace with Hitler in 1938 and the Third Reich now spans all of Europe; British Jews are third class citizens, homosexuality is a crime, and the propaganda machine makes giving up yet more civil liberties look like your patriotic duty. It's a testament to Walton's talent that this is still a cracking good story...but it'll be a long time before I'll be able to make myself re-read it.
posted by theory33 @ 9:15 PM
2 Comments:
At 11:22 AM,
J.Wrubleski said…
That sounds really interesting... Perhaps I shall borrow it whilst I am there?
At 8:45 PM,
theory33 said…
Alas, it was a library book. I'm sure we can find something else on my shelves, though...
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