A Purple Place for Dying
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A Purple Place for Dying is a 1964 mystery novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his iconic private investigator Travis McGee, set against a backdrop of crime and corruption in the American Southwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Purple Place for Dying canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10808874 — 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: A Purple Place for Dying Context triple: [John D. MacDonald, notableWork, A Purple Place for Dying]
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A.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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B.
Murder by Death
Murder by Death is a 1976 comedy-mystery film that parodies classic detective fiction, featuring an ensemble cast of famous sleuth archetypes invited to a sinister dinner party.
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C.
A Long Day’s Dying
A Long Day’s Dying is a 1950 novel by American writer and theologian Frederick Buechner, known for its introspective, literary exploration of faith, doubt, and human relationships.
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D.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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E.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
- 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: A Purple Place for Dying Target entity description: A Purple Place for Dying is a 1964 mystery novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his iconic private investigator Travis McGee, set against a backdrop of crime and corruption in the American Southwest.
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A.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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B.
Murder by Death
Murder by Death is a 1976 comedy-mystery film that parodies classic detective fiction, featuring an ensemble cast of famous sleuth archetypes invited to a sinister dinner party.
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C.
A Long Day’s Dying
A Long Day’s Dying is a 1950 novel by American writer and theologian Frederick Buechner, known for its introspective, literary exploration of faith, doubt, and human relationships.
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D.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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E.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | John D. MacDonald ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverColorMotif | purple ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Travis McGee
ⓘ
linked to:
Travis McGee series
|
| followedBy | The Quick Red Fox ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
betrayal
ⓘ
dangerous alliances ⓘ rural corruption ⓘ sudden violence ⓘ wealth and land disputes ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 160–190 pages ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
resourceful ⓘ world-weary ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
private investigator fiction
ⓘ
suspense ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption
ⓘ
crime ⓘ greed ⓘ justice ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ power and influence ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
hardboiled
ⓘ
noir-influenced ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Travis McGee
ⓘ
linked to:
Travis McGee series
|
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| partOf | color-themed Travis McGee novels ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | third novel ⓘ |
| precededBy | Nightmare in Pink ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
private investigator
ⓘ
salvage consultant ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| publisher | Fawcett Publications ⓘ |
| series | Travis McGee series ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingRegion |
American Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
|
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1960s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Purple Place for Dying Description of subject: A Purple Place for Dying is a 1964 mystery novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his iconic private investigator Travis McGee, set against a backdrop of crime and corruption in the American Southwest.
Referenced by (4)
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