User blog:Kate.moon/J.K Rowling's New Book: The Casual Vacancy

The web is buzzing about J.K Rowling's new book, titled "The Empty Vacancy."

The Leaky Cauldron broke the news today along with a release date (September 27, 2012) and a plot summary!

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.

I'm pleasantly surprised that we'll see the book in less than 6 months! What about you, will you be picking up Rowling's first book since the Harry Potter series?