105: That Mr. Hitler Seems Nice

Published: Sept. 2, 2012, 10 p.m.

Our Book Club reconvenes to discuss Jo Walton\u2019s Small Change trilogy of novels, \u201cFarthing,\u201d \u201cHa\u2019Penny,\u201d and \u201cHalf a Crown.\u201d (We fire off the spoiler horn before each novel.) These novels explore an alternate-history in which Britain makes peace with Nazi Germany, and focus on a detective who just wants to do his job\u2014but his job keeps changing in increasingly awful ways.