Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Story
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy’s fifth wedding
anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick Dunne’s
clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River.
Husband-of-the-Year Nick Dunne isn’t doing himself any favours with cringe-worthy
daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but hearing from Amy through
flashbacks in her diary reveal the perky perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on
edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely
doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and
inappropriate behaviour. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a
killer? As the cops close in, every couple in town is soon wondering how well they know the
one that they love. With his twin sister Margo at his side, Nick stands by his innocence. Trouble is, if Nick didn’t do
it, where is that beautiful wife? And what was left in that silvery gift box hidden in the back of her bedroom closet?
(From Gillian Flynn)
Author details
Gillian Flynn was born in Kansas City, Missouri to two community-college professors—her mother taught reading;
her father, film. Thus she spent an inordinate amount of her youth nosing through books and watching movies.

Flynn’s work has been published in twenty-eight countries. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Brett Nolan, their
son, and a giant black cat named Roy. In theory she is working on her next novel. In reality she is possibly playing
Ms. Pac-Man in her basement lair.
(From Gillian Flynn)
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Discussion points

 Amy and Nick Dunne are the primary characters of Gone Girl, who do you sympathise with more? Who do
you relate to more? (if anyone) What did you like or dislike about each of them?
 How do you view the marriage between Nick and Amy? Does it in anyway compare to your marriage if you
are in one or have been in one?
 How did you view Flynn’s writing style? What were your views on the different parts in the book? What is
the main difference between the two parts? Did you like the narrative writing style?
 This book is being made into a movie. Will you go to see it? Why or why not?

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