Book menu for Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
Edition referred
to: hardcover (ISBN: 9780307588364)
Ice
cream, 5
Ice cream sundae, 170
Crepes,
6-7, 47, 254, 316
Green
apple liqueur, 11
Potato
chips, 12
Deli
tray, 12
Olives
with mustard, 13
Pimento
loaf, 15-16
Pabst
Blue Ribbon beer, 16
Zimas,
21
Gin
martinis, 27, 54, 366
Diced
cantaloupe, 30
Waffles,
30, 402
Quinoa,
36
Beef
jerky, 39
Tom yum soup, 40
Lobster,
40, 66, 128
Scotch
40-41, 52, 275
Knishes,
44
Lamb
meatballs, 54
Mojitos,
54
Cherry
pie, 62
Cherry cobbler, 62
Muffins,
89
Chicken Frito pie, 95, 130
Eggs
Benedict, 98
Bagel
sandwiches, 101
Danish,
103
Sweet
pickles, 119
Spanish
olives, 119
Ambrosia salad, 121
Crab
dip, 121
Pickles
wrapped in cream cheese & salami, 121
Goat
cheese & crackers, 122
Pancakes
with strawberries & whipped cream, 126
Grilled
cheese, 136
BBQ
chips, 136
Peanut
butter & saltines, 136
Apples,
146
Coffee
with peppermint schnapps, 148
Coffee
& Bailey’s, 184-185
Cookies,
185
Grapefruit,
185
Blueberry
pie, 185
Popcorn,
190
Clamato,
213-315
Chili
dogs, 222
Moon pies, 223
Coke,
223
Amaretto,
233
Greek
yogurt, 248
Wine
Pinot Grigio, 248
Montrachet, 293
Sancerre, 349, 351
Hershey
bars, 249
Lemonade,
259
Goldfish
crackers, 264
Potato
salad, 266
Hot
dogs, 282
Peanuts,
324
Gin
& tonics, 327
Jack
Daniels & ginger ale, 327
Manchego
cheese, 348
Chocolate
truffles, 348
Pineapple
juice, 354
Star
fruit, 361
Artichoke
& spiny crabs, 361
Champagne, 380
Books/Authors mentioned in Gone Girl:
The Illusion 
(play) / Tony Kushner, epigraph
F. Scott F. Scott Fitzgerald, 12
Mark Twain, 13, 107-109. 167, 293
(play) / Tony Kushner, epigraphF. Scott F. Scott Fitzgerald, 12
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 13
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 140
Confucius, 19
Alice in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll, 19
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle / Haruki Murakami, 31
Beverly Cleary, 79
War and Peace / Leo Tolstoy, 83-84
Simone de Beauvoir, 167
Jean-Paul Sartre, 167
Jane Austen, 223
Virginia Woolf, 247
The Martian Chronicles / Ray Bradbury, 261
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 262
The Black Stallion / Walter Farley, 262
Something Wicked This Way Comes / Ray Bradbury, 282
Music mentioned
in Gone Girl:
Genesis,
7
” /
Franz Ferdinand
Lionel Ritchie,
136
Tom Petty, 202
“American Girl
”, 204
”, 204
“That’s the Way
You Do It” / Madness
, 230-231
, 230-231
“Sister
Christian” / Night Ranger, 276
Jimmy Buffett,
286
Movies mentioned in Gone Girl:
The Sure Thing,
13
The Big Sleep
,
151
,
151
Double Indemnity
, 151
, 151
Godfather II,
276
The Last of the
Mohicans, 303
Television programs mentioned in Gone Girl:
M*A*S*H 
, 7
, 7
Law & Order,
67
Quincy
, 283
, 283
The Love Boat,
283
Eight Is Enough
,
283
,
283
Theater mentioned in Gone Girl:
Oliver!, 262
Libraries mentioned in Gone Girl:
(Can’t help it, I'm a librarian and love to see
how novelists portray us!)
p. 301 “I drive
to the library in a dark mood. I need to pack up and leave. Clean my cabin with
bleach…”
p. 301 “That’s
what I decide when I walk with my head bowed into the chilly, mostly
uninhabited library with its three vacant computers and I go online to catch up
on Nick.”
What, if anything, was missing from Amy’s childhood and upbringing?
Who is to blame for Amy’s unhappiness?
Compare Amy Elliott Dunne to Amazing Amy.
What role does technology play in this story?
What do you think of the quizzes that Amy writes?
What parallels are there between Nick and his father?
Describe the relationship between Nick and his sister Go.
There are multiple references to Nick and Amy’s cuckoo clock. What is the significance of the clock?
What are causes of Nick and Amy’s marital breakdown?
What is the significance of the Punch and Judy
dolls in this novel?
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