Despite the controversy and criticism about her outspoken views on identity politics, JK Rowling's latest crime novel is likely to be a bestseller in Australia | BroedeCarmody
on her website which stated that trans-inclusive language "strikes many women as dehumanising and demeaning". She was also among 150 public intellectuals who published an open letter inin July that argued "the free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted".
But the debate shifted from Rowling's social media presence to the page on Tuesday with the release of her new book. Critics have been quick to decry a plotline in the novel, the fifth in Rowling's Cormoran Strike series, in which a cross-dressing serial killer is a key suspect in a decades-old murder case. In one passage the character is described as "dark and stocky", wearing a wig and "padded out in a woman's coat".
Local publishers Hachette would not comment on the criticism and Rowling has not yet made any public remarks. But while some were penning online eulogies for Rowling's career, booksellers see blue skies ahead. by famously donning a sombrero and taking aim at the concept of cultural appropriation, Rowling doesn't seem to have lost her magic selling power.had been sent to local bookshops, making it the biggest Robert Galbraith release for Australia on record.
"I don't think this is going to make a drop in the ocean in terms of sales," Dr Rosewarne said. "In fact, it might help. Twitter is not the real world. There's a lot of people who don't let politics impact their buying decisions. There will [even] be people feeling that they need to defend her."
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