They Shoot Horses Don't They?

Name: They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Author: Horace McCoy

by Horace McCoy

Brutally dark novel about desperate contestants in a Depression-era dance marathon competition

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Horace McCoy

Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses Don't They? is a nihilistic Depression-era masterpiece that was more celebrated in France than in America. His lean, existential prose influenced European writers including Jean-Paul Sartre.

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