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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 impact on American literature. The novel explores the themes of failure, fatalism, and transgression through the characters of Gloria and Robert, who become obsessed with each other and the prize money.
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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- December 15, 1955
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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.
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Horace McCoy has 26 books on Goodreads with 29727 ratings. Horace McCoy’s most popular book is They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.
May 17, 2011 · Horace McCoy, author of the 1935 novel ‘They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’, had been a bouncer at one of those marathons so he was writing from personal experience. He saw the dance marathons as a perfect metaphor for the futility of existence and Gloria Beatty is the perfect antiheroine for such a bleak vision.
Horace McCoy was an American author best known for his hard-boiled and noir novels set during the Great Depression.
