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  1. Sep 27, 2012 · Generally, though, The Casual Vacancy is a solid, traditional and determinedly unadventurous English novel. Set in the "pretty little town of Pagford", it is a study of provincial life, with...

  2. Sep 27, 2012 · Set in Pagford, a picturesque West Country village, this very British book has a clever, if arcane, centerpiece: a casual vacancy, an opening on the village council. When Barry Fairbrother drops dead of an aneurysm, his death sets off a chain reaction.

  3. When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is in shock. Seemingly an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with parents, wives at war with husbands, teachers at war with pupils ...

  4. The Casual Vacancy: With Silas Carson, Joe Hurst, Michael Gambon, Rory Kinnear. The citizens of the small British town of Pagford fight for the spot on the parish council after Barry Fairbrother dies.

  5. 58% 33 Reviews Avg. Tomatometer "The Casual Vacancy" is a three-part miniseries adaptation of the novel by J.K. Rowling. The story is based on the lives of the residents living in the...

  6. The Casual Vacancy: Season 1. 3 EPISODES | TV-14. WATCH NOW. From the bestselling book by J.K. Rowling comes this three-part drama series about a town at war over the future of its community center. 1. Episode 1. A sudden death creates chaos in the town of Pagford over a pivotal empty seat on the Parish Council. 2. Episode 2.

  7. 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...

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