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

[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.