A Devil Is Waiting
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A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Devil Is Waiting canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3794189 — 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: A Devil Is Waiting Context triple: [Jack Higgins, notableWork, A Devil Is Waiting]
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A.
Touch the Devil
Touch the Devil is a Cold War-era thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring espionage, terrorism, and high-stakes covert operations.
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B.
The Devil's Playground
The Devil's Playground is a 1976 Australian drama film, written and directed by Fred Schepisi, that explores the sexual and spiritual tensions within a Catholic boys' seminary in the 1950s.
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C.
The Devil’s Carnival
The Devil’s Carnival is a 2012 horror-musical anthology film set in a twisted carnival where damned souls relive moral fables through song and grotesque spectacle.
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D.
The Devil’s Hand
The Devil’s Hand is a 1961 American horror film about a sinister cult and supernatural forces, notable as one of the genre roles in Linda Christian’s career.
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E.
The Devil Finds Work
The Devil Finds Work is a 1976 book-length essay by James Baldwin that blends memoir, film criticism, and social commentary to examine race, representation, and American cinema.
- 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: A Devil Is Waiting Target entity description: A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
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A.
Touch the Devil
Touch the Devil is a Cold War-era thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring espionage, terrorism, and high-stakes covert operations.
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B.
The Devil's Playground
The Devil's Playground is a 1976 Australian drama film, written and directed by Fred Schepisi, that explores the sexual and spiritual tensions within a Catholic boys' seminary in the 1950s.
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C.
The Devil’s Carnival
The Devil’s Carnival is a 2012 horror-musical anthology film set in a twisted carnival where damned souls relive moral fables through song and grotesque spectacle.
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D.
The Devil’s Hand
The Devil’s Hand is a 1961 American horror film about a sinister cult and supernatural forces, notable as one of the genre roles in Linda Christian’s career.
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E.
The Devil Finds Work
The Devil Finds Work is a 1976 book-length essay by James Baldwin that blends memoir, film criticism, and social commentary to examine race, representation, and American cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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thriller novel ⓘ |
| author | Jack Higgins ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Blake Johnson
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Charles Ferguson ⓘ Daniel Holley ⓘ Roper ⓘ Sara Gideon ⓘ Sean Dillon ⓘ |
| genre |
political thriller
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spy fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
assassination attempt
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international relations ⓘ political violence ⓘ security services ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Middle East politics
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counterterrorism ⓘ covert operations ⓘ intelligence operations ⓘ international intrigue ⓘ political assassination plots ⓘ revenge ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sean Dillon ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| recurringCharacter |
Blake Johnson
ⓘ
Charles Ferguson ⓘ Sean Dillon ⓘ |
| series | Sean Dillon series ⓘ |
| setting |
Middle East
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| workOfAuthor | Jack Higgins ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Devil Is Waiting Description of subject: A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.