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      They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

      by Horace McCoy
      Published
      Jun 1995
      Main Genre
      Mystery Mystery
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      132
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      During the Depression, Gloria and Robert enter a dance marathon in return for three square meals a day and a chance at winning the big-money prize. Under the intense scrutiny of the media, corporate sponsors and obsessive fans, the competing couples are put through a series of gruelling and humiliating feats of endurance, until they begin to fight among themselves and betray each other. As days and weeks go by, the tension reaches boiling point, and this pitch-black tale of desire and desperation heads towards a violent conclusion.

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      General Fiction Suspense

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      Hard-Boiled Mystery

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      Jun 1995 Serpent's Tail (UK) ISBN13 9781852424015 ISBN10 185242401X
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      May 2011 Serpent's Tail (UK) ISBN13 9781846687396 ISBN10 184668739X
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      Apr 2012 ISBN13 9781453246726 ISBN10 145324672X
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      Dec 2014 iHelp Press ISBN13 1230000286623