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    The Casual Vacancy (Hardback) By (author) J. K. Rowling

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    Short Description for The Casual Vacancy When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock and the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.
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    Title
    The Casual Vacancy
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) J. K. Rowling
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 503
    Width: 163 mm
    Height: 236 mm
    Thickness: 38 mm
    Weight: 839 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780316228534
    ISBN 10: 0316228532
    Classifications
    Dewey: 823/.914
    BISAC category code: FIC019000
    BISAC category code: FIC000000
    BICMainSubject: FA
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: F1.1
    Dewey: FIC
    Dewey: 823.914
    BISAC category code: FIC016000
    Edition
    1
    Publisher
    Little, Brown & Company
    Imprint name
    Little, Brown & Company
    Publication date
    27 September 2012
    Publication City/Country
    New York/US
    Biographical note
    J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, have been translated into 73 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films. As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's L gion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.
    Main description
    A big novel about a small town... When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but 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? A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
    Review quote
    `The Casual Vacancy`, JK Rowling's first adult novel, is sometimes funny, often startlingly well observed....Jane Austen herself would admire the way [Rowling] shows the news of Barry's death spreading like a virus round Pagford.`-- Telegraph` (UK)