Book Cover They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

of Horace McCoy

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The marathon dance craze flourished during the 1930s, but the underside was a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms—a dark side that Horace McCoy's classic American novel powerfully captures. "Were it not in its physical details so carefully documented, it would be lurid beyond itself." —Nation

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Fiction Fiction Noir Classics Crime Mystery Novels American Historical Fiction Literature The United States Of America

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Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 122 pages
  • Publisher Serpent's Tail
  • Publication Date September 15th 1995
  • First Publication 10/29/35
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9781852424015
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Fiction
  • Scenario ['Los Angeles, California (United States)']

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