In Pegford, in the forty-fifth year of life, a local council member, Barry Fairbrazer, died suddenly. The news shocked the townspeople. In a provincial English town with a cobbled market square and an ancient monastery, it seems that idyll reigns—but is it really like that? What lies behind those beautiful English façades?
In truth, this quiet town has long been in a state of war. The rich clash with the poor, teenagers with parents, wives with husbands, teachers with students… Pegford is not what it looks like at first glance.
But the vacant seat in the local council only sharpens all these conflicts and threatens to bring a war that the little town has never seen before. Who will manage to win the election—filled with passion, hypocrisy, and unexpected revelations?
This is a big novel about a small town, and the first adult book by Joan Rowling. A wonderful work created by an astonishing storyteller.
The audio contains profanity.