The Devil and Sherlock Holmes
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The Devil and Sherlock Holmes is a nonfiction collection of investigative essays by journalist David Grann that explores bizarre crimes, obsessions, and mysteries around the world.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Devil and Sherlock Holmes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3266417 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Devil and Sherlock Holmes Context triple: [David Grann, notableWork, The Devil and Sherlock Holmes]
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A.
Holmes and Holmes
Holmes and Holmes is a Canadian home renovation reality TV series featuring contractor Mike Holmes working alongside his son to repair and improve houses.
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B.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
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C.
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a mysterious murder linked to a secret society and a dark past in the American coalfields.
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D.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final collection of Sherlock Holmes detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring some of the darker and more experimental tales in the series.
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E.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle that marks the celebrated comeback of his iconic sleuth after an apparent death at Reichenbach Falls.
- 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: The Devil and Sherlock Holmes Target entity description: The Devil and Sherlock Holmes is a nonfiction collection of investigative essays by journalist David Grann that explores bizarre crimes, obsessions, and mysteries around the world.
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A.
Holmes and Holmes
Holmes and Holmes is a Canadian home renovation reality TV series featuring contractor Mike Holmes working alongside his son to repair and improve houses.
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B.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
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C.
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a mysterious murder linked to a secret society and a dark past in the American coalfields.
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D.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final collection of Sherlock Holmes detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring some of the darker and more experimental tales in the series.
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E.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle that marks the celebrated comeback of his iconic sleuth after an apparent death at Reichenbach Falls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | David Grann ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
journalist
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staff writer at The New Yorker ⓘ |
| basedOn | previously published magazine articles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| followedBy | Killers of the Flower Moon ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative journalism
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nonfiction ⓘ true crime ⓘ |
| hasEdition | first edition 2010 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
City of Water
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Giving "The Devil" His Due ⓘ Mysterious Circumstances ⓘ The Brand ⓘ The Chameleon ⓘ The Squid Hunter ⓘ Trial by Fire ⓘ True Crime ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative nonfiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
human obsession
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moral ambiguity ⓘ pursuit of truth ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableEssayAbout |
French con artist Frédéric Bourdin
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Sherlock Holmes scholar Richard Lancelyn Green ⓘ death penalty cases ⓘ giant squid research ⓘ |
| numberOfEssays | 12 ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint | Doubleday ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Lost City of Z ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting | various international locations ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
bizarre crimes
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mysteries ⓘ obsessions ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| titleCharacterMentioned |
Sherlock Holmes
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linked to:
Holmes
|
| workExampleOf | long-form investigative reporting ⓘ |
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