Gone Girl

In the extract from the mystery novel Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn we meet Nick Dunne, whose wife Amy has gone missing from their new home in North Carthage, Missouri. They had recently moved back there after losing their jobs because of the Great Recession sweeping across the country. Together with his sister Margot (nicknamed “Go”), Nick is at a press conference called to publicize Amy’s disappearance.

Read more in Access to English: Social Studies, pp. 303-306. Then do the tasks in the textbook and on this website.

The mall - a symbol of American free market economy. In The mall - a symbol of American free market economy. In "Gone Girl" the local mall symbolizes economic decay and depression.