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#REDIRECT[[J. K. Rowling#The Casual Vacancy]]
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{{Real book infobox
 
|image=[[File:CasualVacancyCoverArt.jpg|250px]]
 
|name=''The Casual Vacancy''
 
|author=[[J. K. Rowling]]
 
|cover artist=Joel Hollan (illustration and lettering) and Mario J. Pulice (design)<ref name="hypable">"[http://www.hypable.com/2012/07/03/j-k-rowlings-the-casual-vacancy-book-cover-released/ J.K. Rowling’s ‘The Casual Vacancy’ book cover art released!]" from Hypable.com</ref>
 
|publisher=Little, Brown and Company<ref name="bbc">"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17693206 JK Rowling announces title of first adult novel]" from BBC News</ref>
 
|release date=[[27 September]], [[Between 2010 and 2017|2012]] (worldwide)<ref name="usatoday">"[http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/story/2012-04-12/harry-potter-jk-rowling-new-book/54200224/1 J.K. Rowling's next book: 'The Casual Vacancy']" from ''USA Today''</ref>
 
|pages=512<ref name="hypable" />
 
|followed by=None — standalone novel
 
}}
 
{{Quote|I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being. If there is a connection between Harry Potter and my new novel, it's my interest in characters.|J. K. Rowling comparing ''The Casual Vacancy'' to the ''Harry Potter'' series.<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/spiegel-interview-with-author-j-k-rowling-a-857632.html SPIEGEL Interview with Author J.K. Rowling]</ref>|}}
 
'''The Casual Vacancy''' is a novel by [[J. K. Rowling]], released worldwide on [[27 September]], [[Between 2010 and 2017|2012]]<ref name="usatoday" />. It is Rowling's first novel targeted specifically at a grown-up audience and her first published work outside the [[Harry Potter (series)|''Harry Potter'' series]].<ref name="usatoday" /><ref name="bbc" /> In December, 2012, it was announced that the novel would be adapted as a television series by the BBC.<ref name="tvseries">[http://screenrant.com/casual-vacancy-bbc-jk-rowling/ J.K. Rowling's ''Casual Vacancy'' Becoming BBC TV Series]</ref>
 
 
==Plot==
 
According to details released by the publisher, ''The Casual Vacancy'' is set in the seemingly peaceful, idyllic town of Pagford, home to a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey. However, beneath its surface, Pagford is a "town at war," where rich clash with poor, teenagers with parents, wives with their husbands, and teachers with their students. After the sudden death of Barry Fairbrother shocks the town, his seat on the parish council is left open, leading to an election "fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations."<ref name="usatoday" />
 
 
The publisher describes the novel as "blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising."<ref name="bbc" />
 
====Blurb====
 
{{Quote|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. 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 parish 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? |The Blurb from The Casual Vacancy|The Casual Vacancy}}
 
 
==Release==
 
''The Casual Vacancy'' was published worldwide by Little, Brown and Company on [[27 September]], [[Between 2010 and 2017|2012]] in hardback, e-book, audio download, and CD formats.<ref name="bbc" />
 
 
The audiobook was read by Tom Hollander.<ref name="hypable" />
 
 
==Promotion==
 
The title is being promoted with a "minimalist" approach, with few advance copies being released (similar to later ''Harry Potter'' releases) with few appearances by Rowling herself and only one appearance in the United States, well following the novel's official release. While social media ads have been purchased online, bookstore promotion for the novel is said to be "muted."<ref name="adage">[http://adage.com/article/media/hey-heard-novelist-j-k-rowling/237103/ "Hey, Heard of That New Novelist J.K. Rowling?"] from ''Ad Age''</ref> Those that have received advanced copies have reportedly been required to sign contracts described as "more legal documents than would typically be involved in buying a house."<ref name="washingtonpost">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/the-casual-vacancy-want-an-advance-copy-good-luck/2012/09/26/157f4556-0721-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_blog.html The Casual Vacancy: Want an advance copy? Good luck.]</ref>
 
 
==Reception==
 
As of [[25 September]], 2012, the print copy of ''The Casual Vacancy'' had risen to #2 on Amazon.com's list of bestsellers in books, behind only ''No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden''. It was #1 in both the Contemporary and Literature sections. By the evening of that day, it had risen to #1 in bestsellers in books.
 
 
Early reviews have been generally favourable, but also noted that the book is most certainly very different from the ''Harry Potter'' novels, including elements such as drugs, sex, and swearing.<ref name="christianscience">[http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2012/0924/The-Casual-Vacancy-Adult-content-shows-we-re-not-at-Hogwarts-anymore ''Christian Science Monitor'' - "The Casual Vacancy: Adult content shows we're not at Hogwarts anymore"]</ref><ref name="guardian">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/27/jk-rowling-casual-vacancy-review ''The Guardian'' - J.K. Rowling: ''The Casual Vacancy'': Review]</ref>
 
 
==Notes and references==
 
{{reflist}}
 
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.facebook.com/TheCasualVacancyOfficial Official fan page for ''The Casual Vacancy'' on Facebook]
 
*{{Wplink2|The Casual Vacancy|''The Casual Vacancy'' on Wikipedia}}
 
*[[w:c:tcv|''The Casual Vacancy'' on Wikia]]
 
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