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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:novel
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:L._A._Confidential
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:award
film noir
L. A. Confidential (film)
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gptkbp:adapted_into
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gptkb:film
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:James_Ellroy
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:award
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gptkbp:cast
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gptkb:Guy_Pearce
gptkb:Russell_Crowe
gptkb:Curtis_Hanson
gptkb:Kevin_Spacey
gptkb:Kim_Basinger
gptkb:Danny_De_Vito
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gptkbp:character_development
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complex characters
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gptkbp:character_relationships
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gptkb:sports_event
love triangle
friendship and betrayal
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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acclaimed
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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influenced crime genre
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:White_Jazz
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Detective
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gptkbp:influenced
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television crime dramas
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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Los Angeles history
film noir aesthetics
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gptkbp:influences
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hardboiled fiction
noir fiction
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gptkbp:inspired_by
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real events
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gptkbp:isbn
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978-0-679-40066-2
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:main_character
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gptkb:Jack_Vincennes
gptkb:Ed_Exley
gptkb:Bud_White
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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third-person
multiple perspectives
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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“ You can’t trust anyone.”
“ It’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove.”
“ The truth is a hard thing to find.”
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gptkbp:page_count
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gptkb:368
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gptkbp:plot
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gptkb:Detective
interpersonal conflict
police corruption
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gptkbp:published_by
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gptkb:1990
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gptkbp:publisher
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Knopf
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gptkbp:release_year
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gptkb:1997
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gptkbp:series
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gptkb:L._A._Quartet
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Los_Angeles
post-World War II
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gptkbp:style
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gptkb:weapon
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gptkbp:symbolism
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the American Dream
corruption in society
Los Angeles as a character
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gptkbp:themes
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gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:moral_ambiguity
violence
race relations
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gptkbp:writer
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gptkb:Brian_Helgeland
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gptkbp:year
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1950s
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