The Beast Must Die
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The Beast Must Die is a 1938 crime novel by Cecil Day-Lewis (writing as Nicholas Blake), renowned for its innovative diary-format narrative about a crime writer plotting the murder of his son’s killer.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedTo | film ⓘ |
| author |
Cecil Day-Lewis
NERFINISHED
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Nicholas Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
novelist
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poet ⓘ |
| authorPseudonym | Nicholas Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorRealName | Cecil Day-Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorWroteUnderPseudonym | Nicholas Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
justice
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murder ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| containsElement |
confessional narrative
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investigation ⓘ whodunit mystery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Nigel Strangeways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
La Bestia debe morir (1952 Argentine film)
NERFINISHED
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Que la bête meure (1969 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beast Must Die (1952 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMotiveInPlot | revenge for son’s death ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | psychological crime novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | crime writer ⓘ |
| narrativeFormat | diary format ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative diary-format narrative
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psychological depth ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of detective fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A crime writer plans to murder the man he believes killed his son. ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Nigel Strangeways series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Cecil Day-Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOfPseudonymousAuthor | Nicholas Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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