They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Paperback
by Horace McCoy
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Availability:In StockContributor:Horace McCoySeries:Serpent's Tail ClassicsPublish date:2011-05-17Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:Serpent's TailISBN-13:9781846687396ISBN-10:184668739XUPC:9781846687396Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Mystery & DetectiveSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCYNS9MDM0
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
"Sordid, pathetic, senselessly exciting. . . has the immediacy and the significance of a nerve-shattering explosion."--The New Republic
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...
Series: Serpent's Tail Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Serpent's TailISBN-13:9781846687396ISBN-10:184668739XUPC:9781846687396Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Mystery & DetectiveSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCYNS9MDM0
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, 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),...
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