The Casual Vacancy (CD-Audio)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Casual Vacancy When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little 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 facade is a town at war. Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, "The Casual Vacancy" is Rowling's first novel for adults.
Full description- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Published: 27 September 2012
- Format: CD-Audio
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781619695009 ISBN 10: 1619695006
- Sales rank: 393,182
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Full description for The Casual Vacancy
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 fa ade 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.
