Harry Potter fans blessed as Cursed Child hits the stores

Even with a new generation and newer twists, Cursed Child is the story of discovering oneself and mending relationships. (Vidya Subramanian/HT Photo)

Updated on: Aug 01, 2016 1:22 PM IST

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Even with a new generation and newer twists, Cursed Child is the story of discovering oneself and mending relationships. (Vidya Subramanian/HT Photo)

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Fans pose with their newly bought copy of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. (Prateek Choudhury/HT Photo)

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Calm your fears, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth book, and it will devour you. (Satish Bate/HT Photo)

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It’s nineteen years later, Harry is 36 and a father of three, and Rowling’s crisp “All was well” ending may not hold true as the story picks up where it left us off. (Satish Bate/HT Photo)

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Now that Harry is an “overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic”, does the story retain that magic? You tell us. (Satish Bate/HT Photo)

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It’s been 22 years, and the scar hurts again. There are remnants of the past threatening to irreparably alter the present, and a new villain is in the making. (Prateek Choudhury/HT Photo)

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JK Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany have created a spectacular 330-page drama that is as gripping as the novels. (Prateek Choudhury/HT Photo)

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a story of unlikely friends, of the vulnerability of relationships. (Vidya Subramanian/HT Photo)

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A boy reads the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Kool-S-Kool book store in Qutub Plaza Market in DLF Phase-1. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Harry Potter fans dress up like the characters in the book at the launch at Trilogy Library, Lower Parel in Mumbai. (Vidya Subramanian/HT Photo)

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The book will stir your soul and ignite the delirious joy of returning to the world of Harry Potter again. (Vidya Subramanian/HT Photo)

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The book will transport you to Hogwarts’ dancing staircases, to the green expanse of the Quidditch field, to the majestic corridors of Ministry of Magic and most importantly, to your childhood. (Vidya Subramanian/HT Photo)

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Rest your fears, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth book, and it will devour you. (Keshav Singh/HT Photo)

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The story has no single hero to claim — not Albus, not Scorpius and not even Harry. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child book sale at Om book shop, GIP Mall, Noida. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

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People buy copies of the 8th Harry Potter book at Bahrisons book shop at Khan market in New Delhi. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)