The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
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The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything is a humorous science fiction novel by John D. MacDonald about a man who inherits a mysterious watch that can stop time, leading to a series of comic and adventurous misadventures.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
humorous science fiction novel
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novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980 television film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John D. MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
comic adventure
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sudden inheritance ⓘ time manipulation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Robert McGinnis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
humor
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bonnie Lee Beaumont
NERFINISHED
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Uncle Omar Krebs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780449130704 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Kirby Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
corporate intrigue
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romantic comedy ⓘ sudden wealth ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 190–220 pages ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | unemployed clerk ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
chance and fate
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greed ⓘ power and responsibility ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriodOfPublication | early 1960s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | comic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of crime and science fiction elements
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comic use of a time-stopping device ⓘ |
| plotDevice | time-stopping watch ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| publisher | Fawcett Publications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | 20th-century United States ⓘ |
| timeTravelType | time stop ⓘ |
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