Horace McCoy

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

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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, for weeks at a time. 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.
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  • fivehas quoted10 years ago
    Goodbye (1948), and They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1935), which was made into a film. He died in 1955.
    Praise for Horace
  • fivehas quoted10 years ago
    . 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.
  • Sasha Freyhas quoted9 years ago
    I heard Gloria hollering. You see how those things happen?
    So we walked

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