The much anticipated new novel from Harry Potter writer JK Rowling now has a cover. A Casual Vacancy, which will be published in September this year, is designed by Mario J Pulice and features an illustration and lettering by Joel Holland.
《哈利·波特》作者J.K.羅琳萬(wàn)眾矚目的新書《臨時(shí)空缺》將于今年9月出版。新書封面現(xiàn)已揭曉，由馬里奧·J·普利斯設(shè)計(jì)，上面的插畫和文字出自喬爾·霍蘭德之手。

It will be the first novel Rowling has written which is aimed at adults. The plot centres on the town of Pagford: "A seemingly English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty fa?ade is a town at war", according to the book's publishers, Little Brown.
這是羅琳第一本以成年人為目標(biāo)群體的小說(shuō)。故事其中發(fā)生在派治福德小鎮(zhèn)：“表面看上去是一座英國(guó)田園小村莊，有一個(gè)鋪滿鵝卵石的市場(chǎng)，一座古老的修道院，但是在平靜假象的背后是激烈的斗爭(zhēng)?！背霭嫔绦〔祭使具@樣描述。

The town is left in shock after Barry Fairbrother dies in his early 40s and leaves an empty seat on the parish council.
小村中，巴里·費(fèi)爾韋瑟四十出頭，就去世了。村民們震驚不已，同時(shí)，堂區(qū)執(zhí)事的職位空了出來(lái)。

Rowling, 46, has amassed a fortune estimated to be more than ￡620 million from her seven Harry Potter books for children, plus all the spin-off rights.
憑借著七本《哈利·波特》兒童讀物和其他所有衍生產(chǎn)權(quán)，46歲的羅琳身價(jià)預(yù)計(jì)超過(guò)6.2億英鎊。

This will be her first novel since her final Potter book was published in 2007.
這本是自從她2007年出版《哈利·波特》完結(jié)本后的第一本小說(shuō)。