The Casual Vacancy

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British novel contemporary novel novel

The Casual Vacancy is a contemporary novel by J.K. Rowling that explores class, politics, and social tensions in a seemingly idyllic English town after a parish council member’s sudden death.

Aliases (1)

The Casual Vacancy (TV series) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British novel → contemporary novel → novel →
adaptationNetwork	BBC One → HBO →
adaptationReleaseYear	2015 →
adaptationType	television miniseries →
adaptedAs	The Casual Vacancy (TV series) →
author	J. K. Rowling →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
followsWork	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows →
genre	contemporary fiction → political fiction → social novel →
hasCharacter	Andrew Price → Barry Fairbrother → Fats Wall → Gavin Hughes → Howard Mollison → Kay Bawden → Krystal Weedon → Miles Mollison → Parminder Jawanda → Samantha Mollison → Shirley Mollison → Sukhvinder Jawanda → Terri Weedon →
hasISBN	978-0-316-22853-4 →
language	English →
mainTheme	addiction → class → local government → politics → poverty → social tensions → teenage struggles →
mediaType	audiobook → ebook → print →
narrativePerspective	third-person omniscient →
notableFor	being J. K. Rowling's first published novel for adults →
pageCount	approximately 500 →
plotElement	death of parish council member Barry Fairbrother →
publicationDate	2012-09-27 →
publisher	Little, Brown and Company →
setIn	Pagford →
settingCountry	England →
settingType	fictional English town →
targetAudience	adult →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Casual Vacancy ("The Casual Vacancy (TV series)") →	adaptedAs
Michael Gambon →	appearedIn
Michael Gambon →	notableWork