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Prologue - Part 1

• NOTE: Citations in this Lesson Plan refer to the following version of the book: Galbraith, Robert. The Cuckoo’s Calling. Mulholland Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2013. First Ebook Edition.

• The Cuckoo’s Calling is related from the perspective of a third-person, omniscient narrator with focus on the thoughts, observations, and actions of protagonist Cormoran Strike and his assistant, Robin Ellacott.

• The Prologue establishes a chaotic scene on Mayfair Street with photographers and journalists buzzing like flies.

• The body of a young woman is hidden from the public by a tent where Detective inspector Roy Carver awaits an ambulance.

• Detective Sergeant Eric Wardle enters the tent and announces the ambulance should arrive any minute.

• Carver believes the woman’s death was a suicide, discrediting the sole witness who claims to have heard an argument before the woman’s fall. The witness is believed to be high...

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