[ebooktalk] J K Rowling unmasked as author of acclaimed detective novel
- From: "Elaine Harris \(Rivendell\)" <elaineharris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 13:57:07 +1000
Interesting article though not very well-written.
Has anyone read the book?
I read a review of the last one and that was enough to put me off.
Elaine
J K Rowling unmasked as author of acclaimed detective novel
Date July 14, 2013 - 11:38AM
J K Rowling has been unmasked as the author of an acclaimed new detective
novel.
Writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, the Harry Potter creator
penned a 450-page crime novel called The Cuckoo's Calling.
The book is billed as a "classic crime novel", written in the style of P. D.
James and Ruth Rendell, according to the Sunday Times.
Its plot centres on the death of a troubled model who falls to her death
from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony. Her brother calls in Cormoran Strike, a
damaged war veteran turned private investigate, to her death.
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Released in April, the book has generated heated speculation about the
identity of the book's author.
The secret could not last. Eventually it was noticed that Mr Galbraith and
Miss Rowling shared the same publisher and editor.
Reviewers have described it as an "exhilarating debut" and marvelled at how
a male author could ever describe women's clothes so well.
When approached this weekend, Miss Rowling said: "I had hoped to keep this
secret a little longer because being Robert Galbraith has been such a
liberating experience. It has been wonderful to publish without hype or
expectation and pure pleasure to get feedback under a different name."
The book is described as "a gripping, elegant mystery steeped in the
atmosphere of London - from the hushed streets of Mayfair to the backstreet
pubs of the East End to the bustle of Soho."
After writing seven Harry Potter books, Miss Rowling published her first
fiction for adults last year. The Casual Vacancy, a novel about a small town
racked with political infighting, sold well but received a mixed response
from critics.
The Telegraph, London
Read more:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/j-k-rowling-unmasked-as-author-of-
acclaimed-detective-novel-20130714-2pxqh.html#ixzz2Yz5eahNj
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