JK Rowling has announced her first adult novel will be called The Casual Vacancy and is due to be released 27th September 2012.<\/p>\n
In February the Harry Potter author revealed that she was working on the new book, and said it would be “very different” from her previous material.<\/p>\n
“The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me,” Rowling said.<\/p>\n
The story is centred on the death of Barry Fairweather, whose unexpected passing shocks the local villagers of Pagford.
\nPublishers Little, Brown & Co said: “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.”<\/p>\n
The company describes the tale as being “blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising”.
\nSpeaking at the premiere of the final Potter movie last year, Rowling said that the movie marked the start of a new writing direction.<\/p>\n
“I think I always felt that I didn’t want to publish again until the last film was out, because Potter has been such a huge thing of my life.<\/p>\n
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