英國作家、“哈利·波特之母”J.K.羅琳**本為成人創作的小說《臨時空缺》將於9月27日在**發售。這部黑色幽默小說的將背景設在一座看似詩情畫意實則暗藏爭鬥的英國小鎮，它講述了小鎮表面平靜下的種種勾心鬥角。
新書以人到中年的巴裡·費爾韋瑟之死為開頭,他的死給佩格弗德（Pagford）小鎮帶來了不小的震動。佩格弗德看起來就是一個典型的英國田園小鎮，有一個鋪滿鵝卵石的市場和一座古老的修道院，但隨著劇情展開，讀者會發現小鎮平靜的假像背後隱藏著激烈的矛盾：富人和窮人，少年和父母，婦人和丈夫，老師和學生……佩格弗德小鎮實際上並不是**眼看上去那樣, 而且巴裡留下來的小鎮議會空席也成了小鎮有史以來的*大矛盾的導火索,誰又能贏得這場充滿**、欺詐和黑幕的選舉呢？
今年2月，羅琳**宣布新書計劃時即表示，哈利·波特繫列的成功給了她探索新領域的自由。七冊《哈利·波特》小說在**範圍售出4.5億冊，被改編成8部電影，譯成74種語言。《哈利·波特》繫列的**讓讀者對《臨時空缺》充滿期待，丹尼亦表示《臨時空缺》僅在英國一國就能輕易創出銷售量過百萬冊的佳績。

THE CASUAL VACANCY J.K. Rowling Book Description： 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 fa? ade 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. Author Profile: 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.