My Dark Places
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My Dark Places is a memoir by crime writer James Ellroy in which he investigates his mother's unsolved murder while exploring his own troubled past.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| My Dark Places canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6263797 — 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: My Dark Places Context triple: [James Ellroy, notableWork, My Dark Places]
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A.
Darkness Visible
Darkness Visible is a 1979 novel by William Golding that explores themes of good, evil, and human corruption through the intertwined lives of a disfigured mystic and a pair of troubled twins.
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B.
The Shining Girls
The Shining Girls is a genre-blending thriller novel by Lauren Beukes about a time-traveling serial killer and the survivor who hunts him down.
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C.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film adaptation of Anne Michaels’ novel, exploring memory, loss, and the lasting impact of the Holocaust through the life of a rescued Polish boy.
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D.
The Art of Cruelty
The Art of Cruelty is a critical work of cultural theory in which Maggie Nelson examines representations of violence and suffering in art, film, and literature, questioning their ethical and aesthetic implications.
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E.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
- 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: My Dark Places Target entity description: My Dark Places is a memoir by crime writer James Ellroy in which he investigates his mother's unsolved murder while exploring his own troubled past.
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A.
Darkness Visible
Darkness Visible is a 1979 novel by William Golding that explores themes of good, evil, and human corruption through the intertwined lives of a disfigured mystic and a pair of troubled twins.
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B.
The Shining Girls
The Shining Girls is a genre-blending thriller novel by Lauren Beukes about a time-traveling serial killer and the survivor who hunts him down.
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C.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film adaptation of Anne Michaels’ novel, exploring memory, loss, and the lasting impact of the Holocaust through the life of a rescued Polish boy.
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D.
The Art of Cruelty
The Art of Cruelty is a critical work of cultural theory in which Maggie Nelson examines representations of violence and suffering in art, film, and literature, questioning their ethical and aesthetic implications.
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E.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | James Ellroy ⓘ |
| basedOnEvent | 1958 murder of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
Los Angeles crime history
ⓘ
police procedure ⓘ psychological impact of violent crime ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
addiction
ⓘ
mother–son relationship ⓘ obsession with crime ⓘ personal trauma ⓘ unsolved murder investigation ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
ⓘ
true crime ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780679441854 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | about 390 ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
guilt
ⓘ
memory and reconstruction ⓘ mother–child bond ⓘ redemption ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| influenced | later true crime memoirs ⓘ |
| investigationPartner | Bill Stoner ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Geneva Hilliker Ellroy
ⓘ
James Ellroy ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending memoir and true crime
ⓘ
detailed cold case investigation ⓘ exploration of author’s troubled youth ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorWork | James Ellroy nonfiction ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
L.A. Confidential
ⓘ
The Black Dahlia ⓘ |
| setting |
El Monte, California
ⓘ
linked to:
El Monte
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| subject |
Geneva Hilliker Ellroy murder
ⓘ
James Ellroy ⓘ |
| timeOfEventDescribed | 1958 ⓘ |
| timeOfInvestigationDescribed | 1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: My Dark Places Description of subject: My Dark Places is a memoir by crime writer James Ellroy in which he investigates his mother's unsolved murder while exploring his own troubled past.
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