debut novel Western Lane
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Western Lane is the acclaimed debut novel by Chetna Maroo, a spare and emotionally resonant coming-of-age story centered on a young squash player navigating grief and family tensions.
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| debut novel Western Lane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4010306 — 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: debut novel Western Lane Context triple: [Chetna Maroo, notableFor, debut novel Western Lane]
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A.
A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel) is a comedic Western book by Seth MacFarlane that expands on the story and humor of his film of the same name, following a cowardly sheep farmer in the dangerous American frontier.
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B.
The Westerner
The Westerner is a 1940 American Western film starring Gary Cooper as a drifter who becomes entangled in a conflict between a powerful cattle baron and local homesteaders.
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C.
Sherston’s Progress
Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
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D.
Lady of the West
Lady of the West is an epithet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, highlighting her role as a protective deity of the necropolis and guide of the dead to the afterlife.
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E.
Where the West Lives
"Where the West Lives" is the official motto of Golden, Colorado, evoking the city’s historic Western heritage and frontier character.
- 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: debut novel Western Lane Target entity description: Western Lane is the acclaimed debut novel by Chetna Maroo, a spare and emotionally resonant coming-of-age story centered on a young squash player navigating grief and family tensions.
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A.
A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel) is a comedic Western book by Seth MacFarlane that expands on the story and humor of his film of the same name, following a cowardly sheep farmer in the dangerous American frontier.
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B.
The Westerner
The Westerner is a 1940 American Western film starring Gary Cooper as a drifter who becomes entangled in a conflict between a powerful cattle baron and local homesteaders.
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C.
Sherston’s Progress
Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
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D.
Lady of the West
Lady of the West is an epithet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, highlighting her role as a protective deity of the necropolis and guide of the dead to the afterlife.
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E.
Where the West Lives
"Where the West Lives" is the official motto of Golden, Colorado, evoking the city’s historic Western heritage and frontier character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coming-of-age novel
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debut novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Chetna Maroo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasDebutStatusForAuthor | Chetna Maroo ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374604162 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| longlistedFor |
2023 Booker Prize
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linked to:
Booker Prize
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| mainCharacter | Gopi ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of grief in adolescence
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portrayal of sport as emotional outlet ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 160 ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupationOrRole | young squash player ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2023 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Picador ⓘ |
| setting |
United Kingdom
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squash courts ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
2023 Booker Prize
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linked to:
Booker Prize
|
| style |
emotionally resonant
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spare prose ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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grief ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ sibling dynamics ⓘ |
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