Golden Fang
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Golden Fang is a shadowy, possibly mythical criminal organization and drug-smuggling syndicate that plays a central, enigmatic role in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "Inherent Vice."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Golden Fang canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drug-smuggling syndicate
ⓘ
fictional criminal organization ⓘ fictional organization ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Inherent Vice ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bigfoot Bjornsen
ⓘ
Coy Harlingen ⓘ Larry "Doc" Sportello ⓘ
surface form:
Doc Sportello
Mickey Wolfmann ⓘ Shasta Fay Hepworth ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Vietnam War era backdrop
ⓘ
counterculture era in California ⓘ |
| controls | drug distribution networks ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Thomas Pynchon ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Inherent Vice
ⓘ
surface form:
Inherent Vice (2009 novel)
|
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ postmodern fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
enigmatic
ⓘ
possibly mythical ⓘ shadowy ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
ships and maritime trade
ⓘ
teeth and dentistry ⓘ |
| hasRole | central organization in Inherent Vice ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conspiracy
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ drug culture ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
drug smuggling
ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
dental industry front operations
ⓘ
offshore finance ⓘ real estate schemes ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives main mystery in Inherent Vice ⓘ |
| narrativeStatus | ambiguously real or mythical ⓘ |
| operatesInFictionalLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| partOf | fictional universe of Thomas Pynchon ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
network spanning various social classes
ⓘ
possible front for multiple legal businesses ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Inherent Vice
ⓘ
surface form:
Inherent Vice (2014 film adaptation)
|
| symbolizes |
corporate power
ⓘ
intertwined crime and capitalism ⓘ paranoia of the late 1960s ⓘ |
| timeSetting | late 1960s ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.