The Feral Detective
E326665
The Feral Detective is a 2018 noir-tinged literary mystery novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows an eccentric desert detective and a determined woman searching for her missing friend in the American West.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Feral Detective canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3101116 — 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: The Feral Detective Context triple: [Jonathan Lethem, notableWork, The Feral Detective]
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A.
The Case of the Velvet Claws
The Case of the Velvet Claws is a 1933 detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner that launched the long-running Perry Mason series.
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B.
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 comedy film that parodies classic film noir and detective movies, starring Peter Falk as a bumbling private eye.
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C.
Criminal Chambers
Criminal Chambers are specialized judicial bodies within the Supreme Court of Peru responsible for adjudicating serious criminal cases and interpreting criminal law at the highest level.
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D.
The Racketeer
The Racketeer is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a wrongfully imprisoned lawyer who leverages inside knowledge of a federal judge’s murder to bargain for his freedom and revenge.
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E.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
- 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: The Feral Detective Target entity description: The Feral Detective is a 2018 noir-tinged literary mystery novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows an eccentric desert detective and a determined woman searching for her missing friend in the American West.
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A.
The Case of the Velvet Claws
The Case of the Velvet Claws is a 1933 detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner that launched the long-running Perry Mason series.
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B.
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 comedy film that parodies classic film noir and detective movies, starring Peter Falk as a bumbling private eye.
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C.
Criminal Chambers
Criminal Chambers are specialized judicial bodies within the Supreme Court of Peru responsible for adjudicating serious criminal cases and interpreting criminal law at the highest level.
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D.
The Racketeer
The Racketeer is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a wrongfully imprisoned lawyer who leverages inside knowledge of a federal judge’s murder to bargain for his freedom and revenge.
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E.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary novel
ⓘ
mystery novel ⓘ noir novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Jonathan Lethem ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| authorPreviousWork |
Motherless Brooklyn
ⓘ
The Fortress of Solitude ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Rodrigo Corral ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ noir ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780062859068 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
California deserts
ⓘ
surface form:
California desert
detectives in fiction ⓘ missing persons in fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
outsiders
ⓘ
political and social division in the United States ⓘ search for a missing person ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
noir-tinged ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charles Heist
ⓘ
Phoebe Siegler ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Phoebe Siegler ⓘ |
| pageCount | 336 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A woman searches for her missing friend with the help of an eccentric desert detective in the American West. ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | eccentric desert detective ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | detective ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ecco ⓘ |
| publisherCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| publisherImprint | Ecco Press ⓘ |
| setting |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American West
|
| timePeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Feral Detective Description of subject: The Feral Detective is a 2018 noir-tinged literary mystery novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows an eccentric desert detective and a determined woman searching for her missing friend in the American West.
Referenced by (2)
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