Simon Hooper new novel , The Casual Vacancy , '' is author 's first book aimed at adults . Still , Rowling clearly has an authorial eye for the preoccupations of her middle-brow audience . Plot examines social tensions and class divisions in English village . J.K. Rowling 's : London feels like country in midst of low-intensity class war . Rowling is aware class is subject that will shift copies in droves , he adds .
Simon Hooper new novel , The Casual Vacancy , '' is author 's first book aimed at adults . Plot examines social tensions and class divisions in English village . J.K. Rowling 's : London feels like country in midst of low-intensity class war . Rowling is aware class is subject that will shift copies in droves , he adds .