{"id":599,"date":"2012-09-29T23:03:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T23:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodbookstoday.com\/bookclub\/?p=599"},"modified":"2012-09-29T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T23:03:14","slug":"the-casual-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodbookstoday.com\/bookclub\/the-casual-vacancy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Casual Vacancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Book of the Week: The Casual Vacancy<\/strong><br \/>\nJ.K. Rowling (Author)<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51G%2BTCz0TNL._AA115_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"115\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.<br \/>\nPagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty fa\u00e7ade is a town at war.<br \/>\nRich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils\u2026Pagford is not what it first seems.<br \/>\nAnd the empty seat left by Barry on the town\u2019s 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?<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=kindle052-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B007THA4FI\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B007THA4FI\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B007THA4FI&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=kindle052-20\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nThe Casual Vacancy<\/a><br \/>\nJ.K. 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