The Looking Glass War
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The Looking Glass War is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows a flawed British intelligence operation and offers a bleak, realistic portrayal of spycraft.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Looking Glass War canonical | 10 |
| The Looking Glass War (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2217663 — 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: The Looking Glass War Context triple: [George Smiley, notableWork, The Looking Glass War]
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A.
Tower of Glass
Tower of Glass is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence, class hierarchy, and the ethics of creating sentient beings.
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B.
World's End
World's End is a riverside district in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for its large 1970s housing estate and proximity to the western end of the King's Road.
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C.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
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D.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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E.
The World Inside
The World Inside is a 1971 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores a densely populated future Earth where humanity lives in vast urban towers and embraces extreme social and sexual freedom.
- 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: The Looking Glass War Target entity description: The Looking Glass War is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows a flawed British intelligence operation and offers a bleak, realistic portrayal of spycraft.
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A.
Tower of Glass
Tower of Glass is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence, class hierarchy, and the ethics of creating sentient beings.
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B.
World's End
World's End is a riverside district in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for its large 1970s housing estate and proximity to the western end of the King's Road.
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C.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
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D.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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E.
The World Inside
The World Inside is a 1971 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores a densely populated future Earth where humanity lives in vast urban towers and embraces extreme social and sexual freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War novel
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film ⓘ novel ⓘ spy novel ⓘ |
| author | John le Carré ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Looking Glass War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | George Smiley ⓘ |
| followedBy | A Small Town in Germany ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
espionage fiction
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political thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Looking Glass War (film)
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linked to:
The Looking Glass War
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| hasMediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern espionage fiction ⓘ |
| mainOrganizationDepicted | British intelligence ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | flawed British intelligence operation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical depiction of British intelligence bureaucracy
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subverting glamorous spy stereotypes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| portrayalStyle |
bleak
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realistic ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| theme |
bureaucratic incompetence
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disillusionment with intelligence services ⓘ failure of espionage operations ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Looking Glass War Description of subject: The Looking Glass War is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows a flawed British intelligence operation and offers a bleak, realistic portrayal of spycraft.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
linked to: The Looking Glass War
subject linked to:
The Looking Glass War
subject linked to:
The Circus (fictional British intelligence service)