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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.
Jul 18, 2012 · They shoot horses, don't they? by. Horace McCoy. Publication date. 1995. Publisher. Serpent's Tail. Collection. internetarchivebooks; delawarecountydistrictlibrary; americana; inlibrary; printdisabled.
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.
Jan 7, 2009 · Another was Horace McCoy, probably the best known of the lot. McCoy’s name has already appeared on booklit where, after a tentative treading of the toes in American noir, with James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice , it was suggested in the comments that next up should be McCoy’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Jul 18, 2002 · Horace Stanley McCoy was born in Pegram (or Pegram's Station), Tennessee, on April 14, 1897. His mother, Nannie (later Nancye) Holt McCoy, was descended from John Peter Pegram, after whom the town is named.
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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Jan 21, 2013 · This book begins with a chronology of major events in the life of Horace McCoy (1897-1955), and then in one alphabetized sequence synopsizes the plots of his six novels and identifies each of...
