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The much anticipated new novel from Harry Potter writer JK Rowling now has a cover. A Casual Vacancy, which will be published in September this year, is designed by Mario J Pulice and features an illustration and lettering by Joel Holland. 《哈利·波特》作者J.K.罗琳万众瞩目的新书《临时空缺》将于今年9月出版。新书封面现已揭晓，由马里奥·J·普利斯设计，上面的插画和文字出自乔尔·霍兰德之手。 It will be the first novel Rowling has written which is aimed at adults. The plot centres on the town of Pagford: "A seemingly English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war", according to the book's publishers, Little Brown. 这是罗琳第一本以成年人为目标群体的小说。故事其中发生在派治福德小镇：“表面看上去是一座英国田园小村庄，有一个铺满鹅卵石的市场，一座古老的修道院，但是在平静假象的背后是激烈的斗争。”出版商小布朗公司这样描述。 The town is left in shock after Barry Fairbrother dies in his early 40s and leaves an empty seat on the parish council. 小村中，巴里·费尔韦瑟四十出头，就去世了。村民们震惊不已，同时，堂区执事的职位空了出来。 Rowling, 46, has amassed a fortune estimated to be more than £620 million from her seven Harry Potter books for children, plus all the spin-off rights. | 
