The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling Revealed, Hold the Potter

That’s the newly unveiled cover for the next project by Harry Potter creator/writer J.K. Rowling, the King of Kings of the publishing industry if counting coin; for what her publisher Little, Brown and Company (a Hatchette publishing group) is calling her first novel for adults. The Casual Vacancy doesn’t sport what has become the iconic Mary GrandPre illustrated covers, but its all about transition here, and X, apparently, marks the spot.

The Casual Vacancy is set to be published worldwide in the english on September 27. Hatchette release this book synopsis:

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 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?

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.

It’s also available for pre-order on the Amazon.