1. Plot summary

2. Awards and nominations

3. Publication history

4. See also

5. References

6. External links

Ha'penny is an alternate history novel written by Jo Walton and published by Tor Books . It was first published on October 2, 2007. It is the second novel of the Small Change series.

Plot summary

The book is a mystery thriller set inside an alternate history in which the United Kingdom made peace with Adolf Hitler in 1941.

It's 1949 and Britain has slid into fascist dictatorship. When a bomb explodes in a London suburb, Scotland Yard Inspector Peter Carmichael is assigned to the case. He finds a web of conspiracy and a plot to murder both Britain's new Prime Minister and Adolf Hitler, during the latter's Friendship visit to London. Carmichael's professional ethics became compromised during a previous case involving the aristocratic and political establishment, which may affect his ability to handle the case at hand. Life is also complicated for Viola Lark, who abandoned the upper class environment of her family and lost touch with her five very different sisters (inspired by the real-life Mitford sisters^[1]) when she chose to become an actress. Viola is given the role of a lifetime and hard decisions to make, as 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 has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for LGBT-themed fiction.^[3]

Publication history

• 2007, USA, Tor Books {{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

• {{cite news |first=Cory |last=Doctorow |authorlink=Cory Doctorow |title=Ha'penny, haunting thriller about an alternate British Reich |url=http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/24/hapenny-haunting-thr.html |work=Boing Boing |date=September 24, 2007 |accessdate=December 29, 2007}}
• {{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Weinman |work=Los Angeles Times |title=The what-might-have-been-genre |url=http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-bkw-weinman28oct28,1,1770871.story |date=October 28, 2007 |accessdate=December 29, 2007}}
• {{cite news |first=Adrienne |last=Martini |work=Baltimore City Paper |title=Heil Britannia: Jo Walton Images a World Where The UK Negotiated An Armistice With Germany in 1941 |url=http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=14955 |date=December 12, 2007 |accessdate=December 29, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215204419/http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=14955 |archivedate=December 15, 2007 |df= }}
• {{cite news |first=Michael |last=Berry |work=San Francisco Chronicle |title=A priest becomes a pirate in the past in Gene Wolfe's latest |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/23/RVOBTSSJR.DTL&type=books |date=December 23, 2007 |accessdate=December 29, 2007}}

External links

• {{Isfdb title|id=659129}}
• Ha'penny at Tor-Forge Books
• Essay about story behind Ha'penny at Upcoming4.me

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