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10 de mar. de 2013 · Because while The Casual Vacancy isn’t a difficult or particular abrasive novel, it’s one that asks readers to do something hard, necessary and deeply unfashionable: The Casual Vacancy wants you to exercise your feelings in the service of people you don’t know, people you may not meet or even like, but people whose lives are nevertheless knotted up with your own.
29 de sept. de 2012 · T his is a wonderful novel. JK Rowling's skills as a storyteller are on a par with RL Stevenson, Conan Doyle and PD James. Here, they are combined with her ability to create memorable and moving ...
24 de sept. de 2012 · Ian Parker on how the author of “Harry Potter” came to write “The Casual Vacancy,” a realist novel about small-town politics.
The Casual Vacancy (2012), an adult mystery novel by J.K. Rowling, centers on a vacant council seat in an English political constituency and the fight between various locals who want the seat for themselves.J.K. Rowling’s first adult book, it received mixed reviews upon its release. Despite the lukewarm reception, The Casual Vacancy was adapted for television.
Her latest children’s novel The Christmas Pig, published in 2021, is a standalone adventure story about a boy’s love for his most treasured thing and how far he will go to find it. J.K. Rowling also writes novels for adults. The Casual Vacancy was published in 2012 and adapted for television in 2015.
23 de jul. de 2013 · The Casual Vacancy. Paperback – July 23, 2013. by J. K. Rowling (Author) 3.6 21,154 ratings. Goodreads Choice Award winner. See all formats and editions. 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 ...
27 de sept. de 2012 · Ultimately, The Casual Vacancy is a book that understands there are no magic wands." The Scotsman was also positive: "It is far grittier, bleaker (and, occasionally, funnier) than I had expected ...
