The Casual Vacancy Official Thread - New Book by Jo (ATTENTION SPOILER)

RyGuy · April 2012

"When Barry Fairweather 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 facade 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?"

Book to be released Thursday, September 27th.

Abhishek · April 2012

OMG :O

Ash · April 2012

So soon. So excited.

Bane · April 2012

shit that sounds fucking awesome.

Richard · April 2012

HOLY SHIT.

THIS SOUNDS GOOD. LOL.

LMAO PAGFORD.

Ash · April 2012

I love Jo's names, she's great haha

RyGuy · April 2012

I cannot wait ^_^ haha

Kranen · April 2012

So that's September 28th here, which is my brothers birthday. Looks like I'll be spending the day locked in my room reading!!!

Bane · April 2012

Barry Potter

Bane · April 2012

Anyway, sounds like a job for David Yates.

Abhishek · April 2012

Does the story take place in a contemporary setting?

Richard · April 2012

SOUNDS LEGENDARY!!!

RyGuy · April 2012

I have my fingers crossed for midnight release parties

haha I am so absolutely excited, the description of this seems right up my alley

haha

Bane · April 2012

I'm just worried about what they will cut out of the film version

Ash · April 2012

Let's just enjoy the book lol, we don't need a damn film.

Bane · April 2012

Let's just enjoy the book lol, we don't need a damn film.

sorry for joking. oh right fuck sometimes I forget I'm on HPF.

Ash · April 2012

Hahaha, I wasn't really aiming my comment at you personally, but you know it's going to happen. Every successful book is made in to a film nowadays lol.

Richard · April 2012

The description is really good.

The movie will come, very soon lol. I expect a movie by 2014

nick_hansen · April 2012

I'm sitting here shocked and so damn excited!!!!!

aaron · April 2012

Wow. WOW. It sounds soooo good.

Gahhh I'm so intrigued, cannot wait for more information and a cover!

Bane · April 2012

Hahaha, I wasn't really aiming my comment at you personally, but you know it's going to happen. Every successful book is made in to a film nowadays lol.

Hmmm... just one sec!

Bane · April 2012

Book is 480 pages.

aaron · April 2012

:O There's definitely more than meets the eye about this book. Something about a casual "war" and "election" like this is no mere 500-page book. There's got to be some aspect about the town she hasn't told us yet.

Bane · April 2012

:O There's definitely more than meets the eye about this book. Something about a casual "war" and "election" like this is no mere 500-page book. There's got to be some aspect about the town she hasn't told us yet.

well yeah.

I don't know how much I like the actual title though.

nick_hansen · April 2012

I don't know if you guys knew this but I didn't. The term "Casual Vacancy" is actually a thing in Politics. Just in case you're wondering

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_vacancy

TubbyToast · April 2012

Wooow this is cool!

HPFan4ever · April 2012

sounds cool, will be getting it most prob on its first day

Wolf_Potter · April 2012

Holy... Is this confirmed?

I just shat! JK Rowling is back!

Great description, we just have to wait
to see If it's going to be a sequel or
something... Aagh I'm so excited!

mattStrelow · April 2012

I WAS IN CLASS WHEN I READ THIS AND I LITERALLY HAD A SUCH A SPAZZ ATTACK THAT MY TEACHER KICKED ME OUT OF THE CLASS!

Holy shit, there are so many things going on in my head right now... OMG, A NEW FUCKIN' BOOK!
IT'S FUCKIN' JK! Oh my God... Seriously, this is just... Oh my God

[Deleted User] · April 2012

Awesome!!!!!

[Deleted User] · April 2012

I think I'm the only one not really excited about it? A politics book? Really? I hope there's more behind it.

yonythemoony · April 2012

So, it's politicial, but it's not a fairy tale, mixed with politics, like Jo said.

mattStrelow · April 2012

There's something mysterious in this description.
There's definitely going to be a supernatural take on it, or if not, at least a criminal suspense plot.

[Deleted User] · April 2012

So, it's politicial, but it's not a fairy tale, mixed with politics, like Jo said.

Not my kind of book, unfortunately.

Richard · April 2012

I love politics.

Braveheart · April 2012

Hmm, sounds intriguing. It certainly has a lot of potential by the sounds of it. I won't have my expectations too high though.

[Deleted User] · April 2012

LMAO

mattStrelow · April 2012

It's really hard not to come back to the movie discussion, but this feels so David Yates

[Deleted User] · April 2012

Is that a good thing, Jeff-o?

Braveheart · April 2012

I like politics, and I generally like how Rowling writes politics (from what little she did in the HP series). I'm not so sure about um, the politics of the local village church right enough. It could either be really clever or it could be a bunch of 80 year olds squabbling.

Could always be both I suppose.

mattStrelow · April 2012

I love how the title sounds so mysterious yet it's so directly tied to the premise

Abhishek · April 2012

I love politics.

Yeah absolutely right. Anyone who has been on HPF for a considerable period of time has to love politics.

)

Some questions I have been thinking about:

1) Will the novel have any "special" ( read magic/wizardry/supernatural stuff) context?
2) What do you guys think the setting of the story would be? Historical/ contemporary? The names sound quite old-world to me. :-?
3)Will it be a standalone book or will it have sequels too?

Let the speculation begin lol.

chester · April 2012

Can't wait to read it! So excited!!!!!!!

Jason · April 2012

Really interesting. There's definitely more that wasn't revealed in that description. It just sounds mysterious.

Nick · April 2012

awesome!! a mystery novel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Martin1 · April 2012

Did anyone think of the Crucible? Just without witches and more about the church, loll.

Anyways, sounds great! Really excited for it!!!

Liz · April 2012

Gahhh, I can't wait til September now!! So excited!!!

Richard · April 2012

Im buying this book on septemmber 27th at midnight.

phoenix1 · April 2012

You know it's going straight to the best sellers list, I can't wait to get it. You can pre-order at Amazon for $21...the MSP is $35.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Casual-Vacancy-J-K-Rowling/dp/0316228532/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1334265080&sr=8-2

mattStrelow · April 2012

I hope it gets released around the same time here in Brazil like The Tales of Beedle the Bard,.

Bane · April 2012

Politics is fantastic if handled correctly. Rowling has already meddled with fantasy politics in Harry Potter. Perhaps she enjoyed writing the political aspects (as much as I enjoyed reading them) and that's what spawned this direction.

The Casual Vacancy Official Thread - New Book by Jo (ATTENTION SPOILER)

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