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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?
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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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 McCoy has 26 books on Goodreads with 29727 ratings. Horace McCoy’s most popular book is They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.
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. (1897—1955) Quick Reference. (1897–1955) American novelist, born in Tennessee, who moved to Los Angeles during the Depression. This supplied the location for his hardboiled novels, the most famous of which are They Shoot ... From: McCoy, Horace in The Oxford Companion to English Literature » Subjects: Literature. Reference entries.
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Horace McCoy was an American author best known for his hard-boiled and noir novels set during the Great Depression.
