The Casual Vacancy - J.K.Rowling

Based on the blurb on the cover there is no way I would have read this book had it been by any other author. As a Potterphile I was obliged and am very glad I did.

Real characters inhabit the town that Ms Rowling has created and their stories are compelling.

Aubrey, on the other hand, never touched money during his office hours, and yet he caused it to move in unimaginable quantities across continents. He managed it and multiplied it and, when the portents were less propitious, he watched magisterially as it vanished.

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