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Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling's New Book Debuts Thursday - Where to Find It in Urbandale

The new book, "The Casual Vacancy," is to be released later in September.

Harry Potter may have vanished into the past, but author J.K. Rowling is still around, with her for-adults book, The Casual Vacancy, due out Sept. 27.

If you’re looking to check the book out from the Urbandale Public Library, you're sure to be on a waiting list.

You can also find the book at the Super Target, 11148 Plum Drive or Wellspring Parable Christian Store, 10464 Hickman Road.

In West Des Moines, you can find the book at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, either at the Jordan Creek Town Center location or the 4550 University Ave. location.

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The new book by the creator of Harry Potter is aiming this book at a grown-up audience.

Adult Harry Potter fans, are you looking forward to this book with the same enthusiasm? Tell us below in comments.

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More than 2 million hardcover copies of the Casual novel are set to be released simultaneously in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Germany.

According to USA Today, the story is set in the little English town of Pagford, and revolves around an election held after a member of the parish council unexpectedly dies. Despite the Miss Marple terrain, press materials describe The Casual Vacancy  as "blackly comic … Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war."


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