J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, have been translated into 73 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films.
As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's L�gion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.
"The Casual Vacancy is a complete joy to read....a stunning,
brilliant, outrageously gripping and entertaining evocation of
British society today."--The Mirror (UK)
"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."--Telegraph (UK)
"A positively propulsive read."--Wall Street Journal
"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."--The Guardian (UK)
"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."--People
"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."--The Daily Beast
"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."--Lev
Grossman, Time
"Rowling has written a grand novel...a very brave book."--The
Bookseller (UK)
"Rowling knows how to write a twisty, involving plot....She is
clearly a skilled writer."--The Huffington Post
"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."--Parade
"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."--Washington Post
The Casual Vacancy is a complete joy to read....a stunning,
brilliant, outrageously gripping and entertaining evocation of
British society today.--The Mirror (UK)
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.--Telegraph (UK)
A positively propulsive read.--Wall Street Journal
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.--The Guardian (UK)
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.--People
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.--The Daily Beast
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.--Lev
Grossman, Time
Rowling has written a grand novel...a very brave book.--The
Bookseller (UK)
Rowling knows how to write a twisty, involving plot....She is
clearly a skilled writer.--The Huffington Post
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.--Parade
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.--Washington Post
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