The casual vacancy / J.K. Rowling
By: Rowling, J. K [author].
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BookPublisher: London : Sphere, 2013Description: 568 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780751552867.Subject(s): City and town life -- England -- Fiction | Mystery, thriller & suspenseGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fictionSummary: When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in 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 façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, 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 J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Book | San Isidro Galas Branch Fiction Area | Fiction | Fic R884c 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | 128260d |
When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in 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 façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, 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 J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults.
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