Ariana Trigueros-Corb

J.K. Rowling’s second coming

Don't expect broomsticks and owls in The Casual Vacancy. By Ariana Trigueros-Corb, The Concordian (Concordia University) Montreal (CUP) – Being J.K. Rowling is a trap. The hype that has surrounded her most recent publication, an adult fiction novel entitled The Casual Vacancy, is proof of how much weight lies on her shoulders. Clearly, should Rowling want to write about anything other than Hogwarts, broomsticks, and He Who Must Not Be Named, the literary world will go wild, with critics bracing themselves in anticipation. So it’s with a bit of reserve and much trepidation that I, like millions of others across the…

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