Dark Places
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Dark Places is a 2009 psychological thriller novel by Gillian Flynn that follows a woman reexamining the childhood massacre of her family and the possibility that her imprisoned brother may be innocent.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Dark Places (film) | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ psychological thriller novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | Dark Places (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Gillian Flynn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Dark Places NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Gilles Paquet-Brenner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
family violence
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media sensationalism ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ poverty and rural hardship ⓘ satanic panic ⓘ |
| followedBy | Gone Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery fiction
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psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasAwardNomination | 2010 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ben Day
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Patty Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Libby Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
crime fiction
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domestic noir ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0307341569 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780307341563 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marketedAs | adult fiction ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of satanic ritual abuse hysteria in the 1980s United States
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unreliable memories of a child witness ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Dark Places NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 350 pages ⓘ |
| plotFocus |
investigation of a possibly wrongful conviction
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reexamination of a family massacre ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sharp Objects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAgeAtPresentTimeline | early thirties ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | unemployed drifter ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher | Crown Publishing Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| setting |
Kansas
NERFINISHED
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Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars | Charlize Theron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfEvents |
1985
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approximately 24 years after the massacre ⓘ |
| toldFromPerspective |
first-person perspective of Libby Day
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third-person perspectives of Patty Day and Ben Day ⓘ |
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