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     • It is skillfully, often even elegantly written, and though its cast of characters is large and its thrills and spills few, Rowling manages to keep the story tied together and moving along nicely.
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   • 'The Casual Vacancy' may not be George Eliot, but it's J.K. Rowling; and that's pretty good." The Guardian wrote, "The Casual Vacancy is no masterpiece, but it's not bad at all: intelligent, workmanlike, and often funny." The Economist opined, "This is a novel of insight and skill, deftly drawn and, at the end, cleverly pulled together.

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   • The Casual Vacancy, J.K. RowlingThe Casual Vacancy is a 2012 novel written by J. K. Rowling. When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the 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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   • 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.

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   • The Harry Potter books are immense in length and the story takes 7 books to tell, because it is the characters’ stories that filled the pages.Casual Vacancy appears to be set in a nearly perfect setting: a small town where people know each other and have for generations.

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   • 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 get. There is no magic in this book — in terms of wizarding or in terms of narrative sorcery.

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   Sep 27, 2012 · The Casual Vacancy. J.K. Rowling. 3.30. 332,046ratings32,783reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Winner for Readers' Favorite 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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   Sep 28, 2012 · Expertly plotted, rich in characterisation and clichéd in style – Theo Tait on JK Rowling's first novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy

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   Sep 27, 2012 · According to its publishers, Little Brown Book Group, The Casual Vacancy is a “black comic, thought provoking, and constantly surprising” story set in an English village, Pagford, during the...

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   The Casual Vacancy is a 2012 novel written by J. K. Rowling. The book was published worldwide by the Little, Brown Book Group on 27 September 2012. A paperback edition was released on 23 July 2013.

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   Oct 26, 2012 · “The Casual Vacancy,” Rowling’s much-­anticipated departure from the genre of children’s fantasy, is a sprawling homage to the Victorian protest novel as typified by Dickens, George Eliot,...

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    Sep 29, 2012 · In many ways The Casual Vacancy is an ambitious and brave book, but it never lives up to its lofty ambitions, and Rowling's bravery doesn't become apparent until the very end.