Exclusive First Read: 'Gone Girl' By Gillian Flynn

Darkly funny, suspenseful and cunningly plotted, Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl will be published June 5. In this exclusive selection from the book's opening, we meet Nick and Amy, the seemingly perfect couple whose alternating chapters soon reveal them to be unreliable narrators — and spouses.

Why we’re all complicit in the banks’ gouging

Whinge all you want about the big banks failing to meet the RBA's rates cut, but chances are you're benefitting from their gouging, say Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane. Read more on the blog... Read more on the blog...