Shalimar the Clown
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Shalimar the Clown is a novel by Salman Rushdie that intertwines a tragic love story with political violence and terrorism, set against the backdrop of Kashmir and spanning several continents and decades.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shalimar the Clown canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6919825 — 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: Shalimar the Clown Context triple: [Salman Rushdie bibliography, includesWork, Shalimar the Clown]
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A.
Clowns
"Clowns" is a photographic series by Cindy Sherman in which she uses elaborate costumes and makeup to explore identity, performance, and the unsettling aspects of clown imagery.
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B.
A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns is a 1962 stage comedy by Herb Gardner, later adapted into a 1965 film, about an eccentric bachelor fighting to retain custody of his nephew while resisting conformity.
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C.
Baghead
Baghead is a 2008 indie horror-comedy film about struggling filmmakers who retreat to a cabin in the woods to write a screenplay, only to encounter a mysterious figure with a bag over their head.
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D.
That Yellow Bastard
That Yellow Bastard is a neo-noir crime thriller segment of Frank Miller’s Sin City, centered on an aging cop’s final battle to save a young woman from a grotesquely deformed serial predator.
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E.
The Day of the Clown
"The Day of the Clown" is an episode of the Doctor Who spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, featuring a sinister clown-linked alien threat and introducing the character Rani Chandra as a new member of Sarah Jane's team.
- 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: Shalimar the Clown Target entity description: Shalimar the Clown is a novel by Salman Rushdie that intertwines a tragic love story with political violence and terrorism, set against the backdrop of Kashmir and spanning several continents and decades.
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A.
Clowns
"Clowns" is a photographic series by Cindy Sherman in which she uses elaborate costumes and makeup to explore identity, performance, and the unsettling aspects of clown imagery.
-
B.
A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns is a 1962 stage comedy by Herb Gardner, later adapted into a 1965 film, about an eccentric bachelor fighting to retain custody of his nephew while resisting conformity.
-
C.
Baghead
Baghead is a 2008 indie horror-comedy film about struggling filmmakers who retreat to a cabin in the woods to write a screenplay, only to encounter a mysterious figure with a bag over their head.
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D.
That Yellow Bastard
That Yellow Bastard is a neo-noir crime thriller segment of Frank Miller’s Sin City, centered on an aging cop’s final battle to save a young woman from a grotesquely deformed serial predator.
-
E.
The Day of the Clown
"The Day of the Clown" is an episode of the Doctor Who spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, featuring a sinister clown-linked alien threat and introducing the character Rani Chandra as a new member of Sarah Jane's team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British-Indian ⓘ |
| awarded |
Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia Region, Best Book)
ⓘ
linked to:
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
|
| containsElement | magic realism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | notable contemporary designer (varies by edition) ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Enchantress of Florence ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ political novel ⓘ tragic romance ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Boonyi
ⓘ
India Ophuls ⓘ Max Ophuls ⓘ Shalimar ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStructure | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780224063069 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSetting | Kashmir ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeScope |
spansSeveralContinents
ⓘ
spansSeveralDecades ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
ⓘ
Whitbread Book Awards ⓘ
linked to:
Whitbread Book Award
|
| pageCount | 400 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Fury ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Jonathan Cape
ⓘ
Random House ⓘ |
| setting |
France
ⓘ
India ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| theme |
Kashmir conflict
ⓘ
cultural conflict ⓘ love and betrayal ⓘ political violence ⓘ revenge ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
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Instruction
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