The Casual Vacancy a cormoran strike novelA 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 faade 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
A summer wedding stirs up trouble on both sides of the family in this beloved bestseller from "the queen of the summer novel" (People)
Intensely private and completely secluded
His life with Nana Mama
only to encounter the confusion
and she agrees to host her brother's bachelor party
Explaining and simplifying notions of energy
whom he met in kindergarten
She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive
Theo is surprisingly drawn to her
But these parasites are getting restless
ever more dangerous circle
are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest
