Gone Girl: A Novel

 
Book menu for Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Edition referred to: hardcover (ISBN: 9780307588364)

Food mentioned in Gone Girl:

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

Boeuf bourguignon, 45

Goat cheese tarts, 54

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
      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

“Take Me Out ” / Franz Ferdinand

Lionel Ritchie, 136

Tom Petty, 202

     “American Girl ”, 204

“That’s the Way You Do It” / Madness , 230-231

“Sister Christian” / Night Ranger, 276

Jimmy Buffett, 286

Movies mentioned in Gone Girl:

Breakfast at Tiffany's, 8

The Sure Thing, 13

The Big Sleep, 151

Double Indemnity , 151

Godfather II, 276

The Last of the Mohicans, 303

 

Television programs mentioned in Gone Girl:

M*A*S*H , 7

Law & Order, 67

Quincy , 283

The Love Boat, 283

Eight Is Enough , 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.”

Discussion questions for Gone Girl: 
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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Tinkers

Book menu for Tinkers by Paul Harding

ISBN of edition I read: 9781934137192 (hardcover)

Food mentioned in Tinkers:
Potato salad, 9
Rolled slices of roast beef, 9
Ginger ale, 9
Chicken and mashed potato, 69
Pancakes, 71, 139, 173
Coffee, 72
Ham crusted in brown sugar and molasses, 83
String beans, 83-84
Apples, 104-105, 135-136
Ham sandwich, 123
Saltwater taffy, 152
Roast chicken, 164
Eggs and ham, 173
Blueberry cobbler, 173
Oranges, 174, 181
Pork chops, 176
Apple pie, 176
Meatloaf, 185
Banana cream pie, 185
Meatloaf sandwiches, 186
Cola, 186

Books/Authors mentioned in Tinkers :
The Scarlet Letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne, 37-38, 43, 178
Mark, the Match Boy / Horatio Alger, Jr., 104

Magazines mentioned in Tinkers:
Saturday Evening Post, 19

Great vocabulary in Tinkers:
vastation, 10, 180
anneal, 64
reliquaries, 146
atavistic, 151
intaglio, 181

Title mentioned on pages:
p.12: "He tinkered. Tin pots, wrought iron. Solder melted and cupped in a clay dam."
p. 12: "Tinkerbird, coppersmith, but mostly a brush and mop drummer."
p. 15: "Tinker, tinker. Tin, tin, tin. Tintinnabulation. There was the ring of pots and buckets."
p. 74: "I hope you are right--there is little need for a tinker on Mars. Now higher again..."
p. 125: "His despair came from the fact that his wife saw him as a fool, as a useless tinker, a copier of bad verse..."
p. 169: "How to Make a Bird's Nest: Take a wafer of tinker's tin. With heavy scissors, cut four triangles."

Libraries mentioned in Tinkers: (I can't help it, I am librarian and LOVE to see how novelists portray us and our buildings!) 
p. 35
p. 152: "No one knew whether Sabbatis and Red were related by blood. Some of the librarians, who had a sense of the town's history, thought they might be distant cousins, and could easily be provoked into heated arguments about the matter during a slow twilight at the checkout desk in the library."

Discussion questions for Tinkers:
Discuss the technical aspects of the books (chapters, alternating points of view, lack of quotation marks for dialogue, the use of multiple verb tenses).

What, if any, is the significance of the book's title?  Is it aptly titled? Why or why not?

What literary elements does the author use throughout his novel?

What are the parallels between George and his father Howard?  How did they differ?

What scene stayed with you long after you finished reading Tinkers?

What aspects of Tinkers do you think made it worthy of a Pulitzer Prize?

What significance is there in the references to The Scarlet Letter?

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