The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith, which follows the private investigator Cormoran Strike as he tries to uncover the truth about the death of a famous model. Although Lily Landry’s death was initially ruled a suicide, Strike is persuaded to take on the case, partly at the insistence of her adopted brother and partly to ease his own financial troubles. He soon finds that many of the people around her were hiding something, and it is up to him to unravel this web of deceit to find out who killed Lily and why. The Cuckoo’s Calling is the first novel in the Cormoran Strike series; it was followed by the sequels The Silkworm, Career of Evil and Lethal White. Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym of J.K. Rowling, who is best known as the author of the Harry Potter series.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: BrightSummaries.com
• Release date: Apr 4, 2019
• ISBN: 9782808017961

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PSEUDONYM OF ENGLISH AUTHOR J.K. ROWLING

Born in Gloucestershire in 1965.

Notable works:

The Silkworm (2014), crime novel

Career of Evil (2015), crime novel

Lethal White (2018), crime novel

Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym of J.K. Rowling, who is most famous for her Harry Potter fantasy book series. She was born in Gloucestershire in 1965 and wrote stories as a child before studying French and Classics at Exeter University. Her earlier career took her to Portugal teaching English as a foreign language. After returning to the UK and struggling to make ends meet for herself and her daughter, she began writing what would become the Harry Potter series in cafés. By the turn of the century she was a hugely successful children’s author.

Rowling decided to publish The Cuckoo’s Calling and the subsequent three books in the Strike series under a pseudonym so that the publication of her crime novels would be without the baggage of her fame. While sales of The Cuckoo’s Calling predictably skyrocketed when her name was attached to it, it had actually performed well both in sales and in reviews under the name Robert Galbraith. Before Rowling’s authorship was revealed, Robert Galbraith was described as an ex-Royal Military Police investigator, much like Cormoran Strike, the protagonist of the novels. Rowling has continued to publish subsequent novels in the Strike series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, although the inside jackets of the books do acknowledge Rowling’s authorship.

A CRIME NOVEL

Genre: crime novel

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