Blood's a Rover
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"Blood's a Rover" is a noir crime novel by James Ellroy that concludes his Underworld USA Trilogy, exploring political corruption, racial conflict, and covert operations in late-1960s and early-1970s America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blood's a Rover canonical | 3 |
| 3: Blood's a Rover | 1 |
| “Blood’s a Rover” | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Blood's a Rover Context triple: [James Ellroy, notableWork, Blood's a Rover]
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The Seafarers
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Scarlet Sails
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The Road to the Sea
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The Captain
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blood's a Rover Target entity description: "Blood's a Rover" is a noir crime novel by James Ellroy that concludes his Underworld USA Trilogy, exploring political corruption, racial conflict, and covert operations in late-1960s and early-1970s America.
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A.
Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet is a 1936 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, known for its dance sequences, romantic comedy plot, and classic Irving Berlin songs.
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B.
The Seafarers
The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
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C.
Scarlet Sails
Scarlet Sails is a romantic fantasy novella by Russian writer Alexander Grin, celebrated for its inspirational tale of hope, destiny, and the transformative power of dreams.
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D.
The Road to the Sea
"The Road to the Sea" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, included in his collection *The Other Side of the Sky*, that explores humanity’s relationship with exploration and the unknown.
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E.
The Captain
The Captain is the famous nickname of Willis Reed, the Hall of Fame center and emotional leader of the New York Knicks dynasty of the early 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | James Ellroy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| exploresHistoricalEvent |
Black Power movement
ⓘ
COINTELPRO ⓘ
linked to:
FBI COINTELPRO operations
Vietnam War era ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ
linked to:
American civil rights movement
|
| featuresCharacter |
Don Crutchfield
ⓘ
Dwight Holly ⓘ Wayne Tedrow Jr. ⓘ |
| follows | The Cold Six Thousand ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ political thriller ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-307-26690-2 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | neo-noir ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American politics
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FBI surveillance ⓘ covert operations ⓘ organized crime ⓘ political corruption ⓘ racial conflict ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
multi-perspective
ⓘ
pastiche of documents ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense, staccato prose style
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depiction of U.S. intelligence operations ⓘ integration of real and fictional characters ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 640 pages ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Underworld USA Trilogy ⓘ |
| prequel | The Cold Six Thousand ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | third book in the Underworld USA Trilogy ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Haiti
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Las Vegas ⓘ
linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
Los Angeles ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingTimePeriod |
early 1970s
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
| workInAuthorCareer | late-period James Ellroy novel ⓘ |
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Subject: Blood's a Rover Description of subject: "Blood's a Rover" is a noir crime novel by James Ellroy that concludes his Underworld USA Trilogy, exploring political corruption, racial conflict, and covert operations in late-1960s and early-1970s America.
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