J.K. Rowling’s new book will be called ‘The Casual Vacancy’

The title for JK Rowling’s new book geared towards adults has been announced. Here is the press release from the Little, Brown Book Group website:

Little, Brown Book Group announces that the new novel for adults by J.K. Rowling is entitled The Casual Vacancy. The book will be published worldwide in the English language in hardback, ebook, unabridged audio download and on CD on Thursday 27th September 2012.

The Casual Vacancy

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 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?

Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.

The Casual Vacancy
480 pages (approximately)
ISBN 9781408704202   (hardback) price £20.00
ISBN 9781405519229   (ebook) price £11.99
ISBN 9781405519212   (audio download) £20.00
ISBN 9781405519205   (CD) price £30.00

Prices in other territories will be announced separately.

I don’t know about you, but I’m really excited for this one.