The Harder They Come
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The Harder They Come is a novel by American author T.C. Boyle that explores violence, anti-authoritarianism, and fractured family dynamics in contemporary Northern California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Harder They Come canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10091739 — 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 Harder They Come Context triple: [T.C. Boyle, notableWork, The Harder They Come]
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A.
Catch a Fire
Catch a Fire is a 2006 political thriller film set in apartheid-era South Africa that follows a black refinery worker who becomes radicalized into armed resistance after being wrongfully accused of terrorism.
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B.
Catch a Fire
Catch a Fire is a landmark 1973 reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers that helped introduce reggae music to an international audience.
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C.
Songs of Jamaica
Songs of Jamaica is a 1912 poetry collection by Claude McKay that is celebrated as one of the earliest major works written in Jamaican Creole, capturing rural Jamaican life and culture.
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D.
Trench Town
Trench Town is a historic inner-city neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica, renowned as the birthplace of reggae and the early home of Bob Marley.
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E.
Natty Dread
Natty Dread is a landmark 1974 reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, known for its politically conscious lyrics and classic tracks like "No Woman, No Cry."
- 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 Harder They Come Target entity description: The Harder They Come is a novel by American author T.C. Boyle that explores violence, anti-authoritarianism, and fractured family dynamics in contemporary Northern California.
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A.
Catch a Fire
Catch a Fire is a landmark 1973 reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers that helped introduce reggae music to an international audience.
-
B.
Catch a Fire
Catch a Fire is a 2006 political thriller film set in apartheid-era South Africa that follows a black refinery worker who becomes radicalized into armed resistance after being wrongfully accused of terrorism.
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C.
Songs of Jamaica
Songs of Jamaica is a 1912 poetry collection by Claude McKay that is celebrated as one of the earliest major works written in Jamaican Creole, capturing rural Jamaican life and culture.
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D.
Trench Town
Trench Town is a historic inner-city neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica, renowned as the birthplace of reggae and the early home of Bob Marley.
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E.
Natty Dread
Natty Dread is a landmark 1974 reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, known for its politically conscious lyrics and classic tracks like "No Woman, No Cry."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | T. C. Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination | longlisted for the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780062349378 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
narrative about a mentally unstable son
ⓘ
narrative about a retired Marine hero ⓘ narrative about an anti-government activist ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Adam Stenson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sara Hovarty Jennings NERFINISHED ⓘ Sten Stenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American individualism
ⓘ
anti-authoritarianism ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ mental illness ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | later-career novel by T. C. Boyle ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ecco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Northern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
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Subject: The Harder They Come Description of subject: The Harder They Come is a novel by American author T.C. Boyle that explores violence, anti-authoritarianism, and fractured family dynamics in contemporary Northern California.
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