The Casual Vacancy Dean Garratt a young woman in Tokyo

a young woman in Tokyo who struggles with a cluttered apartment

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The Casual Vacancy Dean Garratt a young woman in TokyoA big novel about a small town When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty faade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left