by Jo Walton · La factoría de ideas · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498003604
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«El círculo de Farthing» is the science fiction and mystery novel by Jo Walton, published by La Factoría de Ideas in paperback (316 pages, in Spanish).
In an alternative England that made peace with Hitler in 1941, high society gathers at Farthing estate in 1949. Lucy, married to a London Jew against her parents' wishes, arrives with her husband. The murder of a politician from the circle, with signs of ritual death, unleashes an intrigue of political conspiracies.
First installment of the Small Change series. Volume 10 of the Línea Maestra collection. Translation by Carmen Albaladejo Vivero. Originally published as Farthing in 2006.
A read for fans of science fiction, alternate history, and mystery with a political backdrop.
Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel Among Others, which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and Tooth and Claw, a Victorian-era novel with dragons which won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. Other works by Walton include the Small Change series, in which she blends alternate history with the cozy mystery genre, comprising Farthing, Ha'penny and Half a Crown. Her fantasy novel Lifelode won the 2010 Mythopoeic Award, and her alternate history My Real Children received the 2015 Tiptree Award.
