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The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling 1st Edition/1st Print September 2012 Hardcover
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Like New Condition!”
- Signed
- No
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition, International Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Literary Movement
- Modernism
- Era
- 2000s
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780316228534
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316228532
ISBN-13
9780316228534
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117354393
Product Key Features
Book Title
Casual Vacancy
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Psychological, Small Town & Rural, General, Literary, Humorous / General
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-943788
Reviews
A study of provincial life, with a large cast and multiple, interlocking plots, drawing inspiration from Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot... The Casual Vacancy immerses the reader in a richly peopled, densely imagined world...intelligent, workmanlike, and often funny., There are plenty of pleasures to be had in The Casual Vacancy ....Parts of the story would be tonally of a piece with any Richard Price or Dennis Lehane novel, or an episode of The Wire ., I had come under the spell of a great novel....A big, ambitious, brilliant, profane, funny, deeply upsetting and magnificently eloquent novel of contemporary England, rich with literary intelligence....This is a deeply moving book by somebody who understands both human beings and novels very, very deeply., A vivid read with great, memorable characters and a truly emotional payoff....Rowling captures the humanity in everyone, even if that humanity is not always a pretty sight., The Casual Vacancy , JK Rowling's first adult novel, is sometimes funny, often startlingly well observed....Jane Austen herself would admire the way [Rowling] shows the news of Barry's death spreading like a virus round Pagford., This book represents a truckload of shrewdness.... There were sentences I underlined for the sheer purpose of figuring out how English words could be combined so delightfully....genuinely moving., The Casual Vacancy is a complete joy to read....a stunning, brilliant, outrageously gripping and entertaining evocation of British society today., An insanely compelling page-turner.... The Casual Vacancy is a comedy, but a comedy of the blackest sort, etched with acid and drawn with pitch....Rowling proves ever dexterous at launching multiple plot lines that roar along simultaneously, never entangling them except when she means to. She did not become the world's bestselling author by accident. She knows down in her bones how to make you keep turning the pages.
Dewey Edition
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Dewey Decimal
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Synopsis
A big novel about a small town... 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? A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other., A big novel about a small town... 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 fa ade 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? A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
LC Classification Number
PR6068.O93C37 2012
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- Mar 14, 2018
Ms. Rowling writes very well !
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: goatsrus77_7
- Jul 28, 2020
LARGE PRINT as needed.
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- Sep 21, 2023
The Casual Vacancy
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- Jun 29, 2020
great story
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- Jan 16, 2019
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- i***5 (2)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseArrived 2 days early the album was perfectly packaged in my opinion the album was in better condition than described and for the price I thought it was perfect they communicated with me when I had questions if I where to see something else I like I'll definitely be buying here again
- i***a (221)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI’ve made multiple purchases from this seller and have had an amazing shopping experience each time! They offer a fantastic selection of vinyl at great prices. Communication is prompt, shipping is fast, and everything arrives securely packaged and exactly as described. I highly recommend this seller!
- p***i (124)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseShipping was as expected: Less than a week. The packaging was very well protected. The quality of each album was as advertised: in sound, excellent, or mint condition. The value was excellent, That's why I bought it, and the appearance was satisfactory. It's great when a seller delivers what they advertise. I will definitely buy from this seller again.Fabulous Five Inc.- Good Buddy VG+/EX Ultrasonic Clean 1995 (#335812960996)