内容简介

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 town’s 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.

作者简介

J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold more than 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, translated into 74 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films. She has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry’s scho...

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精彩摘录

長大的孩子會留下許多小時候的影子，就像一個個小鬼魂，忽然闖進你的腦海，多可怕。孩子永遠也不知道，自己每長大一歲，就有一個小小的他在時光中逝去。即使萬一知道，也大概不會喜歡這個念頭

——引自第119页

“我想问问你今天过得怎么样？”“今天像坨屎。昨天也像坨屎。明天还是会像坨屎。”“愿意说说今天为什么像坨屎吗？”“因为你把我拉进了一个粪坑里生活。”

——引自第211页