J. K. Rowling, The Silkworm

Val Scullion (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

First circulation or publication Jun 2014

Places

United Kingdom (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Crime and Detective
Novel

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The Silkworm

is the second novel in the Cormoran Strike detective series. The provenance of the book is unusual. Events surrounding its publication under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith offer a little detective story in themselves, except that the mystery to be solved was not a murder, but the identity of the person who revealed that Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling. Rowling’s first novel after the Harry Potter series was

The Casual Vacancy

(2012). Focusing on social conditions and poverty in contemporary Britain, it sold well and was later televised, but the general response was that it relied on Rowling’s reputation for its success. Her next move was subtle and self-effacing. She submitted the first Cormoran Strike detective novel,

The Cuckoo’s Calling

(2013), for…

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Citation: Scullion, Val. "The Silkworm". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 April 2018; last revised 25 April 2019. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=38844, accessed 30 April 2024.]

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