The Casual Vacancy
What happens in the opening paragraphs of the novel, The Casual Vacancy?
The Casual Vacancy
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The Casual Vacancy
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling begins with the death of Barry Fairbrother, a Pagford Parish councillor. Barry dies of an aneurysm at the carpark of the golf course's restaurant on the eve of his nineteenth wedding anniversary.
The Casual Vacancy