J.K. Rowling's adult novel: A recipe for failure? (The Week)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Week - Rowling's Harry Potter franchise is an unqualified success, but will her millions of fans follow her into the world of adult fiction?The leap from writing children's literature to penning adult fiction is sort of like the jump from acting to singing — many have tried it, but only a few (Judy Blume, for instance) have succeeded. So nobody is quite sure what to expect from Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling's upcoming novel for adults, announced Thursday by publisher Little, Brown, and Co. Rowling's only revelation: It "will be very different to the Harry Potter series." Expectations are high — fan Natalie Summers gushed on Twitter that "Rowling announcing a new book is almost like God announcing a follow-up to the Bible" — but after selling more than 450 million Potter books to addicted fans, can Rowling's second act be anything but a letdown?

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