Rowling's storytelling gift and magpie eye for genre detail make the new Cormoran Strike novel an irresistible read
Memorable characters … JK Rowling, AKA Robert Galbraith. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
When I read Robert Galbraith's debut novel, I had no idea that the most dramatic denouement would come from the unmasking not of the murderer but of the author. Now the world knows Robert Galbraith is JK Rowling, and that inevitably affects the way we read these books – which is precisely what she wanted to avoid.
The delights of that first outing for private eye Cormoran Strike might have led to trepidation that Galbraith would fall into that publishing trope of the "challenging" second novel. But of course, this is actually Rowling's 10th novel, so relieved readers are spared that particular anxiety. However, because she has chosen to set The Silkworm in the world of literary publishing, she gives us the inside track on plenty of other tropes from that world. And this is no rose-tinted portrait. This is a sardonic look at a hermetic world, and Rowling/Galbraith brings flair and wit to her reflections on the state of contemporary publishing.
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The delights of that first outing for private eye Cormoran Strike might have led to trepidation that Galbraith would fall into that publishing trope of the "challenging" second novel. But of course, this is actually Rowling's 10th novel, so relieved readers are spared that particular anxiety. However, because she has chosen to set The Silkworm in the world of literary publishing, she gives us the inside track on plenty of other tropes from that world. And this is no rose-tinted portrait. This is a sardonic look at a hermetic world, and Rowling/Galbraith brings flair and wit to her reflections on the state of contemporary publishing.More
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