Gorila.sk:
Keď Barry Fairbrother nečakane zomrie, obyvatelia idylického mestečka Pagford ostávajú v šoku. Idylického však len navonok. Čo sa cudzincovi môže javiť ako príjemné miesto s dláždeným námestím, upravenými záhradkami a fasádami plnými kvetín je v skutočnosti mestom neustále vedúcim menšie či väčšie vojny. Bohatí bojujú s chudobnými, dospievajúca mládež s rodičmi, manželky s manželmi, učitelia s žiakmi a tak ďalej. Barryho smrť však rozpúta úplne iný typ vojny. Vojny, akú Pagford dosiaľ nezažil...
Barry bol totiž poslancom mestského parlamentu a jeho smrť nechala v rade voľnú stoličku, o ktorú je v strednej triede enormný záujem, pretože od nej bude závisieť, kto získa v meste väčšinu, ktorou môže rozhodnúť, či sa neďaleké zanedbané getto špatiace uhladený Pagford podarí preradiť pod správu susediaceho okresu. Kto triumfálne zasadne do Barryho kresla? Rozhodne sa vo voľbách, ktoré nebudú chudobné na podvody, dvojaké kabáty, vášnivé rozbroje ani nečakané odhalenia.
J.K. Rowling po megaúspešnej sérii Harry Potter prichádza s knihou určenou primárne dospelému publiku. Čierna komédia, o ktorej sa už teraz hovorí ako o najväčšom bestselleri vianočnej sezóny 2012, prichádza v angličtine na knižný trh 27. septembra. Slovenský preklad sa objaví v kníhkupectvách začiatkom roka 2013.
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Little, Brown: 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 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?
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.
The first adult novel by J.K. Rowling
About the Author
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, translated into 74 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films. She has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry’s schoolbooks within the novels. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through The Ages were published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief. In December 2008, The Tales of Beedle the Bard was published in aid of the Children’s High Level Group, and quickly became the fastest selling book of the year.
As well as an OBE 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 Légion d’Honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a Commencement Speaker at Harvard University USA. She supports a wide number of charitable causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children
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