Money: A Suicide Note
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Money: A Suicide Note is a darkly comic 1984 novel by Martin Amis that satirizes consumerism, excess, and self-destruction through the misadventures of its hedonistic narrator, John Self.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Money: A Suicide Note canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2557943 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Money: A Suicide Note Context triple: [Faulks on Fiction, featuresWork, Money: A Suicide Note]
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A.
Suicide Is Painless
"Suicide Is Painless" is the melancholic, jazz-influenced song best known as the theme for the film and television series M*A*S*H, noted for its darkly ironic lyrics about war and death.
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B.
Take the Money and Crawl
"Take the Money and Crawl" is a song from the album *Father of All Motherfuckers* by the American rock band Green Day.
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C.
Take the Money and Run
Take the Money and Run is a 1969 mockumentary-style crime comedy film written, directed by, and starring Woody Allen as an inept, small-time criminal.
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D.
All You Need Is Kill
All You Need Is Kill is a Japanese military science fiction light novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka about a soldier caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion, which inspired the film Edge of Tomorrow.
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E.
Pay Me My Money Down
"Pay Me My Money Down" is a traditional American work song popularized in the folk revival and later notably covered by Bruce Springsteen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Money: A Suicide Note Target entity description: Money: A Suicide Note is a darkly comic 1984 novel by Martin Amis that satirizes consumerism, excess, and self-destruction through the misadventures of its hedonistic narrator, John Self.
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A.
Suicide Is Painless
"Suicide Is Painless" is the melancholic, jazz-influenced song best known as the theme for the film and television series M*A*S*H, noted for its darkly ironic lyrics about war and death.
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B.
Take the Money and Crawl
"Take the Money and Crawl" is a song from the album *Father of All Motherfuckers* by the American rock band Green Day.
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C.
Take the Money and Run
Take the Money and Run is a 1969 mockumentary-style crime comedy film written, directed by, and starring Woody Allen as an inept, small-time criminal.
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D.
All You Need Is Kill
All You Need Is Kill is a Japanese military science fiction light novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka about a soldier caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion, which inspired the film Edge of Tomorrow.
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E.
Pay Me My Money Down
"Pay Me My Money Down" is a traditional American work song popularized in the folk revival and later notably covered by Bruce Springsteen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
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novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Martin Amis ⓘ |
| containsElement |
black humor
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self-referential narration ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| followedBy | London Fields ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Fielding Goodney
ⓘ
John Self ⓘ Martin Amis (character) ⓘ Shania Twain ⓘ
surface form:
Martina Twain
Selina Street ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-224-02194-3 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
advertising
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celebrity culture ⓘ film industry ⓘ |
| includedIn | lists of notable 20th-century British novels ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Self ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | John Self ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of 1980s consumer culture
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metafictional elements ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 368 ⓘ |
| partOf | Martin Amis bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | Other People ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
New York City ⓘ |
| theme |
addiction
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alcoholism ⓘ capitalism ⓘ consumerism ⓘ excess ⓘ mass media ⓘ pornography ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Money: A Suicide Note Description of subject: Money: A Suicide Note is a darkly comic 1984 novel by Martin Amis that satirizes consumerism, excess, and self-destruction through the misadventures of its hedonistic narrator, John Self.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Faulks on Fiction