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  They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Serpent's Tail Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Horace McCoy

  

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  Short Description for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?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.
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  • Publisher: Serpent's Tail
  • Published: 17 May 2011
  • Format: Paperback 128 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Crime
  • ISBN 13: 9781846687396 ISBN 10: 184668739X
  • Sales rank: 51,719

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• Controversial, modern, and unafraid to look the reader straight in the eye, "Serpent's Tail Classics" are books for life. Cult American noir is now a "Serpent's Tail Classic". 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.