They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
A Novel
by Horace McCoy
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Pub Date Apr 17 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
In
McCoy's stunning portrait of poverty and powerlessness during the Great
Depression, two struggling young actors risk everything to participate
in a dance contest as their last-ditch effort at survival in Hollywood.
When
a dance marathon craze sweeps the country, Hollywood film extras Robert
and Gloria join dozens of other desperate young men and women to
compete in a multi-day, dance-till-you-drop spectacle. Most dancers are
hoping to get noticed by major movie studios. But as live audiences
cheer and jeer, bodies drop, fists are thrown, and the trendy contest
quickly becomes a cutthroat nightmare for its participants.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? stands next to The Grapes of Wrath as
one of the most convincing-and heartbreaking-fictional portraits of
America during the Great Depression. It was also made into a classic
film starring Jane Fonda and directed by Sydney Pollack.
This ebook features an extended biography of Horace McCoy.
Advance Praise
"In our world of fleeting reality TV stardom, this stark, urgent novel feels more timely than ever." -The Observer
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781453246726 |
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