By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
After months of hype and anticipation, J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults has appeared, swept into the arms of hopeful booksellers and an army of grown-up Harry Potter fans eager to find out what his creator has done next.
"She's been such an inspiration to everyone," said 18-year-old university student Milly Anderson. "She's not just influenced people's childhoods _ she's molded them."
Anderson said she was loving "The Casual Vacancy" _ once she'd got over the change from stories of the boy wizard and his Hogwarts chums.
