The Casual Vacancy
Not to be maudlin, but there was a time when this news would have been all up on my flist as soon as word of it was breathed. I'm sure most of you have seen this, but I have to put it here for posterity.
RELEASE INFO AND BLURB FOR JKR'S NEW BOOK
I hope none of you consider titles a spoiler. If you don't feel like following the link, here's the blurb, under the cut, for posterity.
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.
Seemingly an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.
Publication date 27th September 2012 (UK & US)
EEEEEEEE! 168 DAYS! And "blackly comic"? I would expect no less from The Lady.
RELEASE INFO AND BLURB FOR JKR'S NEW BOOK
I hope none of you consider titles a spoiler. If you don't feel like following the link, here's the blurb, under the cut, for posterity.
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.
Seemingly an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.
Publication date 27th September 2012 (UK & US)
EEEEEEEE! 168 DAYS! And "blackly comic"? I would expect no less from The Lady.