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BBC: J. K. Rowling Announces Title of First Adult Novel
Author JK Rowling has announced her first adult novel will be called
The Casual Vacancy.
...The story is centred on the death of Barry Fairweather, whose unexpected passing shocks the local villagers of Pagford.
Publishers Little, Brown ( Read more... )