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LWolf

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10. Just finished "Farthing"
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 05:05 PM
Jul 2013

by Jo Walton, and am now reading "Ha'Penny," the sequel.

They are deeply disturbing. Murder mysteries set in Britain in 1949, in an alternate reality in which Hitler was not defeated, but peace was achieved through a treaty that left the entire European continent under his rule outside of Britain.

Britain is rife with proto-fascism, anti-semitism, and anti-communism. Plus a strong element of homophobia which is used to manipulate a protagonist, a Scotland Yard detective.

Edited to add: I enjoyed "Chasing Vermeer."

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