John Crow’s Devil
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John Crow’s Devil is a dark, supernatural-infused debut novel by Marlon James that explores religious fanaticism, violence, and power struggles in a 1950s Jamaican village.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Crow's Devil | 1 |
| John Crow’s Devil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3315154 — 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: John Crow’s Devil Context triple: [Marlon James, notableWork, John Crow’s Devil]
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A.
The Devil’s Hand
The Devil’s Hand is a 1961 American horror film about a sinister cult and supernatural forces, notable as one of the genre roles in Linda Christian’s career.
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B.
The Old Devils
The Old Devils is a novel by Kingsley Amis that follows a group of aging friends in Wales, exploring themes of regret, friendship, and the disappointments of late life with dark humor.
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C.
The Pilgrim of Hate
The Pilgrim of Hate is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and blending monastic life with intricate crime investigation.
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D.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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E.
Stoning of the Devil
The Stoning of the Devil is an Islamic Hajj ritual in which pilgrims symbolically reject evil by throwing pebbles at three stone pillars representing Satan.
- 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: John Crow’s Devil Target entity description: John Crow’s Devil is a dark, supernatural-infused debut novel by Marlon James that explores religious fanaticism, violence, and power struggles in a 1950s Jamaican village.
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A.
The Devil’s Hand
The Devil’s Hand is a 1961 American horror film about a sinister cult and supernatural forces, notable as one of the genre roles in Linda Christian’s career.
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B.
The Old Devils
The Old Devils is a novel by Kingsley Amis that follows a group of aging friends in Wales, exploring themes of regret, friendship, and the disappointments of late life with dark humor.
-
C.
The Pilgrim of Hate
The Pilgrim of Hate is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and blending monastic life with intricate crime investigation.
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D.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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E.
Stoning of the Devil
The Stoning of the Devil is an Islamic Hajj ritual in which pilgrims symbolically reject evil by throwing pebbles at three stone pillars representing Satan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caribbean literature
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debut novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Marlon James ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Jamaica ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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horror fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ magical realism ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasConflictType |
community conflict
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internal moral conflict ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
| hasElement |
Christian imagery
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folklore ⓘ spiritual warfare ⓘ supernatural ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
dark
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lyrical prose ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Caribbean fiction ⓘ |
| mainLocationType | rural community ⓘ |
| notableFor | being Marlon James’s first novel ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | Akashic Books ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Jamaican village ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1950s ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
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faith and doubt ⓘ good and evil ⓘ power struggles ⓘ religious fanaticism ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Crow’s Devil Description of subject: John Crow’s Devil is a dark, supernatural-infused debut novel by Marlon James that explores religious fanaticism, violence, and power struggles in a 1950s Jamaican village.
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John Crow's Devil