description: 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."Were it not in its physical details so carefully documented, it would be lurid beyond itself." —Nation
language: English
title: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
titlecomplete: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics, The United States Of America, Crime, Noir, American, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 9378
places: Los Angeles, California
publisher: New American Library