They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace Mccoy
The depression of the 1930s led people to desperate measures to survive. The marathon dance craze, which flourished at that time, seemed a simple way for people to earn extra money - dancing the hours away for cash. But the underside of that craze was filled with a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms. A lurid tale of dancing and desperation: Horace McCoy?s classic American novel captures the dark side of the 1930s.
?Sordid, pathetic, senselessly exciting..has the immediacy - and the significance - of a nerve-shattering explosion? New Republic ?Were it not in its physical details so carefully documented, it would be lurid beyond itself? Nation ?Language is not minced in this short novel which presents life in its most brutal aspect? Saturday Review of Literature
Horace McCoy was born near Nashville, Tennessee in 1897. During his lifetime he travelled all over the US as a salesman and taxi-driver, and his varied career included reporting and sports editing, acting as bodyguard to a politician, doubling for a wrestler, and writing for films and magazines. A founder of the celebrated Dallas Little Theatre, his novels include I Should Have Stayed Home (1938), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948), and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935), which was made into a film. He died in 1955.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852424015 |
| ISBN 10 | 185242401X |
| Title | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| Author | Horace Mccoy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1995-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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