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1. www.theguardian.com › books › 2012JK Rowling: The Casual Vacancy – review - The Guardian

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   Sep 27, 2012 · The Casual Vacancy has all the satisfactions and frustrations of this kind of novel. It immerses the reader in a richly peopled, densely imagined world. Rowling has reportedly drawn on her own...

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2012/09/27 › booksBook Review: ‘The Casual Vacancy’ by J. K. Rowling - The New ...

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   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...

4. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling | Goodreads

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   Sep 27, 2012 · J.K. Rowling. 3.30. 329,323 ratings32,615 reviews. 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.

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   Is 'the casual vacancy' a good book?

   • By and large, as Fay Weldon put it back in 2003, Rowling writes "readable, saleable, everyday, useful prose". But there is a persistent sense in The Casual Vacancy that the language is being strained for fine effects, and not doing quite what Rowling wants it to do.

   The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – full review

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   Is the casual vacancy a true story?

   • I can understand the responses because of the theme and some of the scenes are gritty with some unpleasantness, very real-life and honest. In The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling has made a successful transition to the real-world. Especially when she gets into the minds of 16 years old boys is class.

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   What is 'the casual vacancy' about?

   • Franziska Kraufmann/European Pressphoto Agency In some respects “The Casual Vacancy” is grappling with many of the same themes as the Harry Potter books: the losses and burdens of responsibility that come with adulthood, and the stubborn fact of mortality.

   Book Review: ‘The Casual Vacancy’ by J. K. Rowling - The New York Times

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   Is 'the casual vacancy' a good movie?

   • Unfortunately, the real-life world she has limned in these pages is so willfully banal, so depressingly clichéd that “The Casual Vacancy” is not only disappointing — it’s dull.

   Book Review: ‘The Casual Vacancy’ by J. K. Rowling - The New York Times

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6. www.nytimes.com › 2012/10/28 › books‘The Casual Vacancy,’ by J. K. Rowling - The New York Times

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   Oct 26, 2012 · Rather predictably, the early reviews of the book have been either excessively fawning or unduly harsh. There is no reason Rowling should not try her hand at a state-of-the-nation novel; in fact,...

7. www.rottentomatoes.com › tv › the_casual_vacancyThe Casual Vacancy | Rotten Tomatoes

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   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...