JK Rowling's Newest Book...isn't Casual Vacancy

[oakstone730]

The Sunday Times broke the story first: JK Rowling released a book in April under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith. It is called Cuckoo's Calling and it has received good reviews. A Publisher's Weekly reviewer starts their review with "In a rare feat, the pseudonymous Galbraith combines a complex and compelling sleuth and an equally well-formed and unlikely assistant with a baffling crime in his stellar debut."

Update: Amazon (U.S. and U.K.) have just sold out of their hardcover copies... now listing a 10-14 day wait.

Comments

[amorette.livejournal.com]

Oooooo clever, JKR. Very clever.

[drarryisgreen]

Wicked

[olivia-beige.livejournal.com]

Sunday morning email check, and it almost gave me a heart attack. :) That's awesome, Marty.

[celestlyn.livejournal.com]

I didn't care for Casual Vacancy. I hope this one has more likable characters and a plot one can care about.

[omi-ohmy.livejournal.com]

I feel really sorry for JKR, having her anonymity busted in this way. I am glad that for a while though she managed to see a truer reaction to her writing, and enjoy publishing without the hype. I'm sure she's fine with it all and expected it to come out at some point, but still, that was my first reaction. I don't get this rush to read her other books - they're not HP books and should be judged on their own merits. So yes, I can entirely see why she did this and I'm pleased for her that she got positive reviews before this story broke. How soul-destroying it must be for a writer never to know if anyone actually thinks your writing is any good, because they will read anything you write, regardless of merit.

[birdsofshore]

How interesting! I was just looking at my copy of The Casual Vacancy yesterday and thinking about JKR and whether she would want to write any more. I hope she has found satisfaction in what sounds like a genuine and unbiased reaction to her new book.

Julian Barnes used to write kind of comedy detective thrillers under a different name, but I don't think they ever got a lot of attention. I guess he just wanted to blow off steam sometimes.

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

Oh my god! I had no idea about this. Thank you. :D

[capitu]

Super.

Though I wonder, do you have any idea if she meant for this information to be made public?