Genre: Book
Grade: A
Notable People: Jo Walton
Title: Ha’Penny
Review: The second in Walton’s brilliant trilogy set in 1949 post war Britain, where Nazi Germany and Britain have an uneasy “peace with honor”, and Europe is controlled by the Nazi marauders. . Inspector Carmichael is back, investigating a possible terrorist threat to murder Hitler and his imaginary British Prime Minister colleague. The book rotates chapters between Carmichael and an actress playing a gender bending Hamlet, who unwittingly becomes involved in the conspiracy to change the rapidly Fascist oriented world. This is an amazing piece of revisionist history..…exceptionally written, and beyond complex. Can’t wait until book
three.