A SPOOF of JK Rowling's first novel for adults is to go on sale amid fears it will cause confusion in bookshops.
Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, which is set in an English village called Pagford and starts with the discovery of a dead body, will be published by Little, Brown on September 27.
However, two weeks before that, Pan MacMillan will publish a spoof called The Vacant Casualty by Bruno Vincent, writing under the pen-name Patty O'Furniture.
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