Gone Girl

Guest Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:50 pm

I loved this book and I hope the movie doesn't kill it. This is one of the best exchanges in the book

"Paper is ﬁrst year," I said. At the end of Year One's unexpectedly wrenching treasure hunt, Amy presented me with a set of posh stationery, my initials embossed at the top, the paper so creamy I expected my ﬁngers to come away moist. In return, I'd presented my wife with a bright red dime-store paper kite, picturing the park, picnics, warm summer gusts. Neither of us liked our presents; we'd each have preferred the other's. It was a reverse O. Henry.
"Silver?" guessed Go. "Bronze? Scrimshaw? Help me out."
"Wood," I said. "There's no romantic present for wood."
At the other end of the bar, Sue neatly folded her newspaper and left it on the bartop with her empty mug and a ﬁve-dollar bill. We all exchanged silent smiles as she walked out.
"I got it," Go said. "Go home, fuck her brains out, then smack her with your penis and scream, 'There's some wood for you, bitch!' "