ABOUT THE BOOK

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 the poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives 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 seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations? The Casual Vacancy, a big novel about a small town, is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other. 

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English Edition, Paperback