Ha'penny (novel)
LC Class PR6073.A448 H37 2007 | | |
| Preceded by | Farthing | |
|---|---|---|
| Followed by | Half a Crown | |
Ha'penny is an
Plot summary
The book is a mystery thriller set inside an
In 1949, Britain has slid into
Life is complicated for Viola Lark as well; she abandoned the upper-class environment of her family and lost touch with her five very different sisters (who are inspired by the real-life Mitford sisters[1]) when she chose to become an actress. Viola is given the role of a lifetime and has hard decisions to make since she becomes caught up in family politics.
The first "Small Change" novel, Farthing, was released in August 2006 by Tor Books. A third novel in the series, Half a Crown, came out in September 2008, also from Tor.
Awards and nominations
The Los Angeles Times named Ha'penny one of their ten Favorite Mystery Books of 2007.[2]
The novel was nominated for a
Ha'penny tied with Harry Turtledove's The Gladiator for the 2008 Prometheus Award.[4]
Publication history
- 2007, USA, ISBN 0-7653-1853-9, Pub date 2 October 2007, Hardback
- 2008, USA, Tor Books ISBN 0-7653-5808-5, Pub date 1 July 2008, Mass Market Paperback
- 2010, Spain, La Factoria de la Ideas ISBN 978-84-92492-39-8, Pub date 1 October 2010, Paperback, as La Conspiración de Coltham (The Conspiracy of Coltham)
- 2015, France, Denoël ISBN 978-2207125144, Pub date 1 October 2015, Paperback, as Hamlet au paradis (Hamlet in paradise)
See also
- Axis victory in World War II, regarding works of Nazi Germany/Axis/World War II alternate history
References
- ^ "IRoSF: Login Required". Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
- ^ Weinman, Sarah (7 December 2007). "Favorite Mystery Books of 2007". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- ^ "Nominees for the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ^ Prometheus Winners
- Doctorow, Cory (24 September 2007). "Ha'penny, haunting thriller about an alternate British Reich". Boing Boing. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- Weinman, Sarah (28 October 2007). "The what-might-have-been-genre". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- Martini, Adrienne (12 December 2007). "Heil Britannia: Jo Walton Images a World Where The UK Negotiated An Armistice With Germany in 1941". Baltimore City Paper. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- Berry, Michael (23 December 2007). "A priest becomes a pirate in the past in Gene Wolfe's latest". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 29 December 2007.