Barbary Shore
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Barbary Shore is a 1951 novel by Norman Mailer that explores postwar American disillusionment and political paranoia through the story of an amnesiac veteran living in a Brooklyn boarding house.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barbary Shore canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3077062 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbary Shore Context triple: [The Deer Park, precededBy, Barbary Shore]
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The Sheik
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The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad is a classic 1940 British fantasy adventure film renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and memorable performances, including Conrad Veidt’s iconic role as the villainous Jaffar.
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The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad is a landmark 1924 silent fantasy adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks, celebrated for its lavish special effects, grand set design, and influential swashbuckling style.
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D.
Shanghai Express
Shanghai Express is a 1932 pre-Code Hollywood drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, best known for its atmospheric cinematography and starring performances by Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong.
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E.
Jungle Jim’s
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- 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: Barbary Shore Target entity description: Barbary Shore is a 1951 novel by Norman Mailer that explores postwar American disillusionment and political paranoia through the story of an amnesiac veteran living in a Brooklyn boarding house.
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A.
The Sheik
The Sheik is a 1921 silent romantic drama film that became one of Rudolph Valentino’s most iconic roles and a defining work of early Hollywood stardom.
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B.
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad is a classic 1940 British fantasy adventure film renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and memorable performances, including Conrad Veidt’s iconic role as the villainous Jaffar.
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C.
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad is a landmark 1924 silent fantasy adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks, celebrated for its lavish special effects, grand set design, and influential swashbuckling style.
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D.
Shanghai Express
Shanghai Express is a 1932 pre-Code Hollywood drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, best known for its atmospheric cinematography and starring performances by Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong.
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E.
Jungle Jim’s
Jungle Jim’s is an indoor adventure play area and family attraction located within the Blackpool Tower complex in Blackpool, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Norman Mailer ⓘ |
| containsElement |
flashbacks
ⓘ
ideological debates ⓘ political interrogation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryTheme | United States politics ⓘ |
| criticalReceptionAtRelease | mixed reviews ⓘ |
| followsWork | The Naked and the Dead ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Big Daddy Hollingsworth
ⓘ
surface form:
Hollingsworth
Lulie ⓘ McLeod ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | intelligence operative ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-394-17409-0 ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| hasReprintPublisher |
Picador
ⓘ
Vintage Books ⓘ |
| hasSettingElement | boarding house ⓘ |
| hasSubjectCategory |
1951 American novels
ⓘ
American novels ⓘ Cold War novels ⓘ Novels set in New York City ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mikey Lovett ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | exploration of early Cold War anxieties ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| positionInAuthorOeuvre | second published novel by Norman Mailer ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | amnesiac war veteran ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1951 ⓘ |
| publisher | Rinehart & Company ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
surface form:
Brooklyn, New York
|
| settingTime | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American leftist politics
ⓘ
bureaucracy and state power ⓘ |
| theme |
communism and anti-communism
ⓘ
ideological conflict ⓘ memory and identity ⓘ political paranoia ⓘ postwar American disillusionment ⓘ surveillance and suspicion ⓘ |
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Subject: Barbary Shore Description of subject: Barbary Shore is a 1951 novel by Norman Mailer that explores postwar American disillusionment and political paranoia through the story of an amnesiac veteran living in a Brooklyn boarding house.
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