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Casual Vacancy features a range of social issues, including rape, racism, heroin and marijuana use, pornography, domestic abuse, child abuse, self-harm and suicide. Sukhvinder Jawanda is often berated by her mother, Parminder, and will resort to self-harm.
Sep 27, 2012 · The Casual Vacancy. J.K. Rowling. 3.30. 329,207ratings32,600reviews. Kindle $11.99. Goodreads Choice Award. Winner for Best Fiction (2012) A BIG NOVEL ABOUT A SMALL TOWN ...When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.
Episode 2. As the town mourns at Barry's funeral, dark secrets are revealed. 3. Episode 3. The election results and the Sweetlove House matter are decided. The official website for The Casual Vacancy on HBO, featuring interviews, schedule information, behind the scenes exclusives, and more.
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.
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...
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...
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 ...
