Home › Entities › literary_work › A Gun for Sale

A Gun for Sale

novel by Graham Greene
VisualArtwork literary_work Q2044131
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

A Gun for Sale is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (396 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Graham Greene[3]
  • Publisher: Heinemann[4]
  • Genre: crime fiction[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[7]
  • Inception: 1936[8]
  • Publication date: 1936[9]
  • Has edition or translation: Q139898353[10]
  • Title: A Gun for Sale[11]
  • Form of creative work: novel[12]

Why It Matters

A Gun for Sale has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Graham Greene literary work United Kingdom

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). A Gun for Sale. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-gun-for-sale
MLA “A Gun for Sale.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-gun-for-sale.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_a-gun-for-sale_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{A Gun for Sale}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-gun-for-sale}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): A Gun for Sale — https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-gun-for-sale (retrieved 2026-10-13)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-gun-for-sale · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'el', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ru', 'sh', 'ur']
    Sitelink count → 9
    Bookbrainz work id → 024342ec-4ba1-495d-aff6-4b16d96be661
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Bookbrainz work id: 024342ec-4ba1-495d-aff6-4b16d96be661, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290269|batch #290269]]"
  2. 20w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation → Q139898353
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Has edition or translation: Q139898353"
  3. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work
    Language of work or name → English
    Form of creative work → novel
    Publication date → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:اے گن فار سیل]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.