Day of the release
G.V.R. SUBBA RAO
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The most awaited book is out.
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There was a sense of relief among the youngsters waiting for the release of the seventh and supposedly final book in the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” when they grabbed the book after it was formally released and quickly flipped through the pages to know the fate of protagonist. “Thank God, he is alive,” said many.
The youngsters who ordered their books from Ashok Book Centre and New Student Book Centre in Vijayawada were just an hour behind the time of its global release.
“I can’t wait to get my hands on the final instalment,” said P. Apoorva, who just completed her Intermediate. The bookshop keepers had a tough time in engaging the Potter fans till the chief guests arrived.
Frantic read
But, finally they gave up and allowed the youngsters to turn the pages of the book. “The books were securely locked away although night. A security guard arranged by the publishers was vigilant since the books arrived here around 10 last night,” said Ashok of Ashok Book Centre.
Teenagers, school children accompanied by grandpas and grannies thronged the book stores.
“It will quite likely be the last time in any of our lifetimes that people will line up, early in the morning, all across the country, to buy a book. To see what happens next in a story,” said a grandparent.
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