JK Rowling's new book 'The Casual Vacancy' - "Yay!" or "Meh!"

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(16-04-2012 09:40 AM)bobert26 Wrote:  I have no idea what the second part of you post is on about, haha, local politics?

Welcome back Bobert after a long lay off - how's life treating the happy wanderer?

Just trying to second guess how the plot will go, as Parish Councils are a load of old crap. They look after village/community halls and some minor local matters, but in reality they're not real councils at all - they call them that so they can get those wanting to feel self-important to join them and do all the crappy jobs no one else in the area wants to. Most Parish Councils don't have by-elections, they have problems filling the 12 council seats they have - or getting anyone to vote in them!

There's been a scoop in one of the newspapers up here today about there being a village of Pagford in someone else's murder mysteries, that of the character Harriet Vane by Dorothy Sayers.

Oh dear, don't tell me she's been caught out ripping someone else off again? It was bad enough with all the "Harry Potter = The Worst Witch + Narnia + Red Dwarf" sites her lawyers had to get taken down!