September 27 in career JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, can be considered as the date when it became a writer for adults. Her 512-page novel called "Free" does not tell about the magical adventures, incredible abilities, and other fabulous nonsense. Now all grown-up, and this book - about local elections, even in the genre of tragicomedy.
Over the past week the British bought the latest book Rowling in an amount of 120 thousand copies. In the US, sales were active. There's sold about 375 thousand books. However, to levels editions Potter this time Rowling far. Recall that for the first 7 days after the release of the last book of the Potter series, it has sold 2, 6 million copies in the UK alone.
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