{"product_id":"farthing-paperback","title":"Farthing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJo Walton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Nielsen Hayden\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2006, Jo Walton's \u003ci\u003eFarthing\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed as a masterpiece, a darkly romantic thriller set in an alternate postwar England sliding into fascism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEight years after they overthrew Churchill and led Britain into a separate peace with Hitler, the upper-crust families of the \"Farthing set\" are gathered for a weekend retreat. Among them is estranged Farthing scion Lucy Kahn, who can't understand why her and her husband David's presence was so forcefully requested. Then the country-house idyll is interrupted when the eminent Sir James Thirkie is found murdered--with a yellow Star of David pinned to his chest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucy begins to realize that her Jewish husband is about to be framed for the crime--an outcome that would be convenient for altogether too many of the various political machinations underway in Parliament in the coming week. But whoever's behind the murder, and the frame-up, didn't reckon on the principal investigator from Scotland Yard being a man with very private reasons for sympathizing with outcasts and underdogs--and prone to look beyond the obvious as a result. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the trap slowly shuts on Lucy and David, they begin to see a way out--a way fraught with peril in a darkening world.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \"Farthing\" \u003cbr\u003e\"If Le Carre scares you, try Jo Walton. Of course her brilliant story of a democracy selling itself out to fascism sixty years ago is just a mystery, just a thriller, just a fantasy--of course we know nothing like that could happen now. Don't we?\"\u003cbr\u003e--Ursula K. Le Guin \u003cbr\u003e\"It really is one of those books that succeeds in almost too many ways to count. It's a great, engaging read, and sharp as a knife. The most meaningful parahistorical novel I've come across in a long time, succinct and rivetingly readable.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Robert Charles Wilson \u003cbr\u003e\"\"Farthing\" starts out as a cozy period house party mystery, becomes a brilliant alternate history yarn, and at last reveals itself to be a chilling political thriller. It's smart, riveting, and deeply moving. Once you start reading, don't plan to put it down.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Emma Bull \u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderful book, simultaneously a gripping mystery and a harrowing cautionary tale. Walton's credible--and entirely convincing--alternative history becomes a terrifying meditation on class, power, and persecution.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Susan Palwick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJO WALTON won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer on the publication of her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe King's Peace\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel \u003ci\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/i\u003e won the World Fantasy Award, and the novels of her Small Change sequence\u003ci\u003e--Farthing, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHa'Penny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHalf a Crown\u003c\/i\u003e--have won acclaim ranging from national newspapers to the Romantic Times Critics' Choice Award. Most recently, her novel \u003ci\u003eAmong Others\u003c\/i\u003e won the Nebula Award. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Farthing\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131748618375,"sku":"9780765323132","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6b38bede59585052ef793321d2442101.webp?v=1732621017","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/farthing-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}