Another great book

I spent my saturday on the stoop, reading a REALLY remarkable book.
it's called Farthing by Jo Walton, and it's really well written, really thought-provoking -- it's just great. i loved it. you should go read it.

PW's review describes it better than i could:

"... a stunningly powerful alternative history set in 1949, eight years after Britain agreed to peace with Nazi Germany, leaving Hitler in control of the European continent. A typical gathering at the country estate of Farthing of the power elite who brokered the deal is thrown into turmoil when the main negotiator, Sir James Thirkie, is murdered, with a yellow star pinned to his chest with a dagger."