The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep
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The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep is a 1966 crime novel by Lawrence Block that introduces Evan Tanner, an insomniac adventurer drawn into international intrigue and offbeat capers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20663646 — 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 Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep Context triple: [Lawrence Block, notableWork, The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep]
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A.
The Little Thief
The Little Thief is a 1988 French coming-of-age drama film, based on an idea by François Truffaut, about a rebellious teenage girl navigating love, crime, and independence in 1950s France.
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B.
Honest Thief
Honest Thief is a 2020 action-thriller film starring Liam Neeson as a reformed bank robber who becomes the target of corrupt FBI agents after trying to turn himself in.
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C.
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
The Thief Who Came to Dinner is a 1973 comedic crime film about a charming computer programmer-turned-jewel thief who becomes entangled in high-society heists and romantic intrigue.
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D.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
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E.
The Thief
The Thief is a notable work by George Alexander, likely a crime- or mystery-themed story centered on theft and moral ambiguity.
- 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 Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep Target entity description: The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep is a 1966 crime novel by Lawrence Block that introduces Evan Tanner, an insomniac adventurer drawn into international intrigue and offbeat capers.
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A.
The Little Thief
The Little Thief is a 1988 French coming-of-age drama film, based on an idea by François Truffaut, about a rebellious teenage girl navigating love, crime, and independence in 1950s France.
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B.
Honest Thief
Honest Thief is a 2020 action-thriller film starring Liam Neeson as a reformed bank robber who becomes the target of corrupt FBI agents after trying to turn himself in.
-
C.
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
The Thief Who Came to Dinner is a 1973 comedic crime film about a charming computer programmer-turned-jewel thief who becomes entangled in high-society heists and romantic intrigue.
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D.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
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E.
The Thief
The Thief is a notable work by George Alexander, likely a crime- or mystery-themed story centered on theft and moral ambiguity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.