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

[drarryisgreen]

I agree with you. I sort of abandoned Casual Vacancy but I am 10 percent in already and I love this so much more. Something about a mystery is so much better than just random lives of random people -- if that makes sense.

[celestlyn.livejournal.com]

I'm excited. I just got this book and I plan to spend time later getting started.

[drarryisgreen]

Sometimes a story about random people can be good
True, given that Harry Potter is really about random people and random lives :)

The only thing I liked in CV (before abandoning it) was the plight of the overweight Indian girl who cut herself. I can relate b/c I was an overweight Indian girl in HS who was made fun of and never asked to the prom. (Though I didn't do any self harm). I wanted to keep reading just for that family and maybe someday I will finish it. I have the book on my phone and the audio book on my phone.

:D

[oakstone730.livejournal.com]

How was it that we weren't friends already? Thank you for realizing this and correcting it!

[drarryisgreen]

LOL I know.

I was looking at it and realized we weren't friends but I comment on everything you post. HAHAHA