Pretty Pagford wants nothing to do with its ugly, urban neighbour, Yarvil, and its particularly awful council estate, The Fields, but it must when a councillor dies. The novel starts slowly but Rowling creates a medley of characters as these two worlds clash. No fantasy in this novel instead the familiar cry of lack of money for services. Her young characters are particularly vivid and play the most dramatic parts in the story. Not simple entertainment.
(Christine Miller - bwl 67 Winter 2013 ) |
