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Plot Summary. 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.
Plot summary Fictional town Pagford is located in the West Country, much like Rowling's birthplace Yate, Gloucestershire. The novel is split into seven parts, the first depicting the death of local Pagford Parish Councillor, Barry Fairbrother, who suffers a burst aneurysm in the car park of a local golf course. The inhabitants of the town share ...
Written by Polly Barbour. Barry Fairbrother 's death is both painful and sudden when he experiences a brain aneurysm that bursts as he is getting out of his car at Pagford golf course. His death leaves a vacancy on the Pagford Town Council, and so an election is arranged in order to fill it.
Sep 27, 2012 · When Barry Fairbrother 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.
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Book Summary. Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. When Barry Fairbrother 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 ...
Plot Summary. The Casual Vacancy begins with a sudden death — Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly, leaving a vacant seat on the Pagford Parish Council. This event sets off a chain reaction within the small community.
Sep 27, 2012 · 106. By Michiko Kakutani. Sept. 27, 2012. With J. K. Rowling’s new novel, “The Casual Vacancy,” we are firmly in Muggle-land — about as far from the enchanted world of Harry Potter as we can...
