Mondo Desperado
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Mondo Desperado is a darkly comic collection of interconnected short stories by Irish author Patrick McCabe, known for its surreal, violent, and satirical portrayal of small-town life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mondo Desperado canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10916415 — 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: Mondo Desperado Context triple: [Patrick McCabe, notableWork, Mondo Desperado]
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A.
Desperadoes
Desperadoes is a historical Western novel by Ron Hansen that reimagines the lives and exploits of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West.
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B.
Savage Streets
Savage Streets is a 1984 exploitation revenge thriller film starring Linda Blair as a high-school vigilante avenging a brutal attack on her sister.
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C.
Desperados
Desperados is a notable literary work by Swedish author and academic Lars Gyllensten, reflecting his characteristic intellectual and philosophical style.
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D.
Desperados
Desperados is a tequila-flavored pale lager beer brand known for its distinctive sweet, citrusy taste and strong presence in European and global youth markets.
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E.
The Infamous
The Infamous is Mobb Deep’s critically acclaimed 1995 East Coast hip-hop album known for its dark, gritty production and vivid street narratives.
- 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: Mondo Desperado Target entity description: Mondo Desperado is a darkly comic collection of interconnected short stories by Irish author Patrick McCabe, known for its surreal, violent, and satirical portrayal of small-town life.
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A.
Desperadoes
Desperadoes is a historical Western novel by Ron Hansen that reimagines the lives and exploits of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West.
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B.
Savage Streets
Savage Streets is a 1984 exploitation revenge thriller film starring Linda Blair as a high-school vigilante avenging a brutal attack on her sister.
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C.
Desperados
Desperados is a notable literary work by Swedish author and academic Lars Gyllensten, reflecting his characteristic intellectual and philosophical style.
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D.
Desperados
Desperados is a tequila-flavored pale lager beer brand known for its distinctive sweet, citrusy taste and strong presence in European and global youth markets.
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E.
The Infamous
The Infamous is Mobb Deep’s critically acclaimed 1995 East Coast hip-hop album known for its dark, gritty production and vivid street narratives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Patrick McCabe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts | small-town life ⓘ |
| followsInCareer | The Butcher Boy ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
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satire ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | design by HarperCollins art department ⓘ |
| hasFormat | print ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780006548855 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | multiple first-person voices ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approx. 224 ⓘ |
| hasReception |
critically acclaimed for its dark humor
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noted for its surreal narrative voice ⓘ |
| hasStructure | linked stories set in the same town ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Irish society
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grotesque humor ⓘ religion and hypocrisy ⓘ social satire ⓘ violence in rural communities ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
madness
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moral decay ⓘ provincial life ⓘ violence and absurdity ⓘ |
| hasTone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
satirical
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surreal ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interconnected short stories ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Patrick McCabe bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperCollins ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Flamingo ⓘ |
| setInFictionalPlace | Cloon Town ⓘ |
| setting | small-town Ireland ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Patrick McCabe ⓘ |
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Instruction
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