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JK Rowling's 'secret' novel tops book charts | JK Rowling's 'secret' novel tops book charts |
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JK Rowling's "secret" crime novel has topped book charts after it was revealed she had written it under a pseudonym. | JK Rowling's "secret" crime novel has topped book charts after it was revealed she had written it under a pseudonym. |
The Harry Potter novelist published the book - The Cuckoo's Calling - as Robert Galbraith. | The Harry Potter novelist published the book - The Cuckoo's Calling - as Robert Galbraith. |
The book had sold fewer than 500 copies before the secret emerged in the Sunday Times, according to Nielsen BookScan's figures. | |
Within hours, it rose more than 5,000 places to top Amazon's sales list. | Within hours, it rose more than 5,000 places to top Amazon's sales list. |
The digital version is now also at number one in the iTunes book chart. | The digital version is now also at number one in the iTunes book chart. |
The book was published by Sphere, part of Little, Brown Book Group which published Rowling's first foray into writing novels for adults, The Casual Vacancy. | The book was published by Sphere, part of Little, Brown Book Group which published Rowling's first foray into writing novels for adults, The Casual Vacancy. |
Little, Brown's David Shelley confirmed to The Bookseller the publisher had ordered an "immediate reprint" with the number not yet confirmed. | Little, Brown's David Shelley confirmed to The Bookseller the publisher had ordered an "immediate reprint" with the number not yet confirmed. |
Rowling said she had "hoped to keep this secret a little longer". | Rowling said she had "hoped to keep this secret a little longer". |
The author described "being Robert Galbraith" as "such a liberating experience". | The author described "being Robert Galbraith" as "such a liberating experience". |
A spokesman for bookseller Waterstones said: "This is the best act of literary deception since Stephen King was outed as Richard Bachman back in the 1980s." | A spokesman for bookseller Waterstones said: "This is the best act of literary deception since Stephen King was outed as Richard Bachman back in the 1980s." |
One reviewer described The Cuckoo's Calling as a "scintillating debut", while another praised the male author's ability to describe women's clothes. | One reviewer described The Cuckoo's Calling as a "scintillating debut", while another praised the male author's ability to describe women's clothes. |
Sequels plan | |
Crime writer Peter James told the Sunday Times: "I thought it was by a very mature writer, and not a first-timer." | Crime writer Peter James told the Sunday Times: "I thought it was by a very mature writer, and not a first-timer." |
Fellow crime author Mark Billingham, who reviewed the book ahead of its publication in April, said he was "gobsmacked" at the revelation. | Fellow crime author Mark Billingham, who reviewed the book ahead of its publication in April, said he was "gobsmacked" at the revelation. |
The fictitious Galbraith was supposed to have been a former plain-clothes Royal Military Police investigator who had left the armed forces in 2003 to work in the civilian security industry. | The fictitious Galbraith was supposed to have been a former plain-clothes Royal Military Police investigator who had left the armed forces in 2003 to work in the civilian security industry. |
However a clue that Rowling was behind the novel was that she and Galbraith shared an agent and editor. | However a clue that Rowling was behind the novel was that she and Galbraith shared an agent and editor. |
In previous interviews, Rowling has said she would prefer to write novels after Harry Potter under a pseudonym. | In previous interviews, Rowling has said she would prefer to write novels after Harry Potter under a pseudonym. |
Another Cormoran Strike book by Robert Galbraith is in the pipeline, to be published next year. | Another Cormoran Strike book by Robert Galbraith is in the pipeline, to be published next year. |
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