Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
This course has been cancelled. Please register your interest and we will notify you of future courses of the same type.
Crime novel? Psychological thriller? Midwestern ‘noir’? Gillian Flynn’s 2012 addictive page-turner, Gone Girl, challenges conventional genres and stereotypes by introducing complex themes and characters, and absorbing the kind of forms and techniques more common in serious literary fiction. We explore the issues triggered by this bestseller, and examine the reasons for the worldwide success of Gone Girl and its subsequent film adaptation.