They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

by Horace McCoy

1970 319 pages eng ★ 4.3 (6 ratings)

"The 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. But, the underside of that Craze was filled with a competition and violence unknown …