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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 facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their hus-bands, teachers at war with their pupils... Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the town's council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations? Blackly comic, thought-provoking, and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is the work of a storyteller like no other. J.K. ROWLING is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven novels, which have sold more than 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, have been translated into 73 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films. As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's liter-ature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of "Genuinely moving.... There were sentences I under- disadvantaged children. The Casual lined for the sheer purpose of figuring out how Vacancy is her first novel for adults. English words could be combined so delightfully? jkrowling.com