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Horace Stanley McCoy (April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955) was an American writer whose mostly hardboiled stories took place during the Great Depression. His best-known novel is They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Feb 27, 2015 · A review of Horace McCoy's debut novel, a hardboiled fairytale about a dance marathon in the Depression, and its cultural impact. The novel explores the themes of failure, desperation, and fatalism with a brutal realism and a cult following.
Horace Stanley McCoy (1897–1955) was an American novelist whose gritty, hardboiled novels documented the hardships Americans faced during the Depression and post-war periods.
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Horace Stanley McCoy (1897–1955) was an American novelist whose gritty, hardboiled novels documented the hardships Americans faced during the Depression and post-war periods.
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Horace McCoy has 26 books on Goodreads with 29774 ratings. Horace McCoy’s most popular book is They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a novel written by Horace McCoy and first published in 1935. The story mainly concerns a dance marathon during the Great Depression. It was adapted into Sydney Pollack's 1969 film of the same name.
Horace McCoy was born on 14 April 1897 in Pegram, Tennessee, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Speed Wings (1934), The Lusty Men (1952) and Dangerous Mission (1954). He died on 16 December 1955 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
