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The Casual Vacancy
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Key facts
- Author
- J. K. Rowling
- Genre
- Fiction , tragicomedy
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Publication date
- 27 September 2012
- Publication place
- United Kingdom
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- J. K. Rowling
- Genre
- political fiction
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Follows
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- Official website
- www.jkrowling.com/book/the-casual-vacancy
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- publication date
- 2012-09-27
- title
- The Casual Vacancy
- language of work or name
- English language
- derivative work
- The Casual Vacancy
- different from
- The Casual Vacancy
- form of creative work
- novel
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Encyclopedic overview
The Casual Vacancy is a novel written by British author J. K. Rowling, published worldwide by the Little, Brown Book Group on 27 September 2012. It was Rowling's first publication since the Harry Potter series, her first novel apart from that series, and her first for adult readership.
The novel is set in a suburban West Country town called Pagford and begins with the death of beloved parish councillor Barry Fairbrother. Consequently, a seat on the council is vacant and a conflict ensues before the election for his successor takes place. Factions develop, particularly concerning whether to dissociate with a local council estate, 'the Fields', with which Barry supported an alliance. However, those running for a place soon find their darkest secrets revealed on the Parish Council online forum, ruining their campaign and leaving the election in turmoil.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Casual Vacancy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.