The Casual Vacancy Janet Lowe opening up the long-closed world

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For more than twenty years Sultan Khan defied the authorities - be they communist or Taliban - to supply books to the people of Kabul

The Casual Vacancy Janet Lowe opening up the long-closed worldA big novel about a small town When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford appears to be an English idyllwith a cobbled market square and an ancient abbeybut behind its charming faade lies a town at war. The rich clash with the poor, teenagers battle their parents, wives contend with their husbands, and teachers struggle with their pupils. Pagford is far from what it seems. The