Lin shi kong que

The casual vacancy

493 pages

Chinese language

Published Feb. 4, 2013 by Huang guan wen hua chu ban you xian gong si.

ISBN:
978-957-33-2967-1
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OCLC Number:
830325244

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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 facade 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?

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Subjects

  • City council members
  • Local elections
  • Death
  • City and town life
  • Fiction

Places

  • England