When Barry Fairweather 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 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?
Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual
Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.
About the author
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, translated into
74 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films. Shehas also
written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry’s schoolbooks
within the novels.