{"product_id":"they-shoot-horses-dont-they-9781846687396","title":"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sordid, pathetic, senselessly exciting. . . has the immediacy and the significance of a nerve-shattering explosion.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe depression of the 1930s led people to desperate measures to survive. The marathon dance craze, which flourished at that time, seemed a simple way for people to earn extra money dancing the hours away for cash, for weeks at a time. But the underside of that craze was filled with a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHorace McCoy\u003c\/b\u003e was born near Nashville, Tennessee in 1897. His novels include \u003ci\u003eI Should Have Stayed Home\u003c\/i\u003e (1938), and \u003ci\u003eKiss Tomorrow Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e (1948).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHorace McCoy was born near Nashville, Tennessee in 1897. During his lifetime he travelled all over the US as a salesman and taxi-driver and his varied career included reporting, sports editing, acting as bodyguard to a politician, doubling for a wrestler, and writing for films and magazines. A founder of the celebrated Dallas Little Theatre, his novels include \u003ci\u003eI Should Have Stayed Home \u003c\/i\u003e(1938), and \u003ci\u003eKiss Tomorrow Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e (1948). He died in 1955.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Serpent's Tail","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641468358930,"sku":"9781846687396","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52d2c4cd-4df3-4d99-bdd1-3c0d3e2baa27.jpg?v=1733018437","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/they-shoot-horses-dont-they-9781846687396","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}