The Casual Vacancy (English, Hardcover, Rowling J. K.)
The Casual Vacancy (English, Hardcover, Rowling J. K.)
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre: Fiction
- ISBN: 9781408704202, 9781408704202
- Edition: 2012
- Pages: 512
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J. K. Rowling’s first novel for adults – The Casual Vacancy - is a story of a town called Pagford that becomes a town at war plagued with class, politics and other social issues after the death of Barry Fairbrother, the beloved Parish Councillor.
Summary of the book
Pagford is an English paradise to an outsider, with a market square and an ancient abbey where the revered Parish Councillor Barry resides in. The pleasant disguise of the town soon unveils the social, political conflicts along with an anxious election that involves deceit, unpredictable revelations - all for the successor seat left by Fairbrother. The book is adapted into a BBC television series and is yet to be released. The Casual Vacancy also became the 15th best-selling book of 2012 in the first week of its release.
About J. K. Rowling
Rowling was born in England. She was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she considered the idea of writing the Harry Potter fantasy series. The rest was history, as the series became a worldwide phenomenon and won multiple awards. It sold more than 400 million copies. The series is also adapted as motion pictures. Rowling has now continued writing novels for adults.
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good & bad
I started the book with no biases and no expectations however, and was prepared to treat it as what it was.
I must say, the book was not disappointing.I loved the way she develops the characters, builds up the plot and slowly plunges into the story. She follows it up with some steamy suspense and drama and finishes wi...
Rajdeep Bhattacharyya
Oct, 2012
Delightful
Debjyoti Saha
Mar, 2017
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Its better we grow ourselves up from the incredibly pleasant magical world of witches and wizards to the shockingly brutal and raw muggleworld while r...
Govind R
Certified Buyer
Oct, 2012
Just. Great.
My first badge of gratitude: our dear Flipkart. I received my order ON the date of release, which was more than I'd dared to expe...
Shriska
Certified Buyer
Sep, 2012
Heart-Wrenching
The penmanship is excellent and the content is thought-provoking. But the Casual Vacancy's universe the exact opposite, in every way, to what Rowling created at Hogwarts: painfully real, but not very optimistic.
Ishani Thakkar
Dec, 2014
About Struggles of Muggles
aswathy viswanathan
Certified Buyer
Mar, 2013
A Good REad
Keerthana.V
Certified Buyer
Oct, 2012
Again a masterpiece from Rowling
Arnab Ray
Certified Buyer
Oct, 2012
Not the expected style.
But this book is much more about drug abuse, sex, adultery etc. I never thought that JK could also write such type of novels. Frankly I was surprised to see such story. But one thing I liked in the book is that she developed each character slowly and done a good job. We also find some twists which we don't expect, that makes the novel a little interesting. In the end I think its an 'ok', if u ask me how was t...
Ritesh Veerlapati
Certified Buyer
May, 2013
No wands or spells but the Magic of J K Rowling, The Writer is everywhere...!!!
So when I got "The Casual Vacancy" in my hands, I prepared in my mind not to EXPECT anything... no magic,wands or spells
and as I started reading, i was back in that familiar turf... Her Writing!
Pagford is so much opposite to Harry's infinite...
Mangelethe Sneha Menon
Certified Buyer
Oct, 2012
