Compulsion (novel)

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crime novel novel

Compulsion is a 1956 crime novel by Meyer Levin that offers a fictionalized account of the infamous Leopold and Loeb murder case.

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Compulsion 4
Compulsion (novel) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Meyer Levin NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Leopold and Loeb murder case NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre crime fiction ⓘ
roman à clef ⓘ
hasAdaptation Compulsion (1959 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCriticalReception considered a classic of crime literature ⓘ
praised for psychological depth ⓘ
hasSubject capital punishment ⓘ
criminal trial ⓘ
homosocial relationships ⓘ
thrill killing ⓘ
inspired later true crime literature ⓘ
literaryMovement American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme crime ⓘ
legal ethics ⓘ
morality ⓘ
psychology of murder ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeForm fictionalized account ⓘ
notableFor early true-crime style novelization of Leopold and Loeb case ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount ~400 ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationDate 1956 ⓘ
publisher Simon & Schuster ⓘ
settingPeriod 1920s ⓘ
timeToWrite post-World War II era ⓘ

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Nathan Leopold → subjectOf → Compulsion (novel) ⓘ
Richard Fleischer → notableWork → Compulsion (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compulsion
Bradford Dillman → notableWork → Compulsion (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compulsion
Bradford Dillman → awardReceivedForWork → Compulsion (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compulsion
Dean Stockwell → notableWork → Compulsion (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compulsion