- FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Married people, Crimes against, Wives
Gone Girl is a 2012 crime thriller novel by American writer Gillian Flynn. It was published by Crown Publishing Group in June 2012. The novel became popular and made the New York Times Best Seller list. The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not Nick Dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife Amy.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Gillian Flynn
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 475
- Publisher
- G+JGruner+Jahr Polska, Random House Audio, Vintage Espanol
- Editions
- 48
- Language
- Dutch, Chinese, French, Russian
- ISBN
- 9782355841170
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“When I think of my wife, I always think of her head.”
Flynn, who lives in Chicago, grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated at the University of Kansas, and qualified for a Master's degree from Northwestern University.
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