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Old 09-30-2012, 12:34 AM
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Default 'The Casual Vacancy' by J.K. Rowling (Sa16+)

This thread was originally a Reading Challenge that cake.ninjak, Lissydove, Dainsie, BanaBatGirl, PhoenixRising, Tegz and Nabs participated in.

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Summary from Goodreads:
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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?

It has been several years since J.K. Rowling released The Casual Vacancy and it has received mixed reviews, to say the least. What do you think? Have you read it? Did you enjoy it?

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