Garry Patter rubbed concealer on to his forehead scar and put in his contact lenses. This had been his morning ritual ever since he'd changed his name and moved to Pagford 15 years previously to escape the fans after his Hogwarts adventures. In the beginning he had rather enjoyed the anonymity; he had more cash than he could possibly spend after he transferred all his assets from Gringotts to an off-shore high interest account and he had never tired of watching the Jeremy Kyle Show.Read more.
Here's what Little, Brown, publishers of the proposed 480-page adult novel, wrote about the Potter's new adventures:
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 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? Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.
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