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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

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A classic hard-boiled novel, trading back alleys and detectives offices for a dance marathon.Robert is an aspiring director which, in Depression-era Hollywood, means that he’s an out-of-work extra. This might explain why he lets Gloria, similarly unemployed and similarly hunting for a break, talk him into being her partner in a marathon dance competition, despite having only just met her. But hey, ... Read more

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A classic hard-boiled novel, trading back alleys and detectives offices for a dance marathon.Robert is an aspiring director which, in Depression-era Hollywood, means that he’s an out-of-work extra. This might explain why he lets Gloria, similarly unemployed and similarly hunting for a break, talk him into being her partner in a marathon dance competition, despite having only just met her. But hey,
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The Collected Horace McCoy

4 Complete Novels + 4 Short Stories

by Horace McCoy ...

Horace McCoy was an American writer wrote hardboiled fiction set during the Great Depression. His best-known novel is They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? which was published in 1935. A peer of Woolwich, Cain and Hammett, Horace McCoy is currently enjoying something of a renaissance.This collection contains 4 novels and 4 short stories by McCoy:* They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?* No Pockets in a Shroud* ... Read more

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Horace McCoy was an American writer wrote hardboiled fiction set during the Great Depression. His best-known novel is They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? which was published in 1935. A peer of Woolwich, Cain and Hammett, Horace McCoy is currently enjoying something of a renaissance.This collection contains 4 novels and 4 short stories by McCoy:* They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?* No Pockets in a Shroud*
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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

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McCoy's hardboiled noir classic, about an Ivy League graduate's criminal rampage through the seedy underground and glitzy high society of an unnamed American cityTo escape prison, Ralph Cotter uses the same genius for planning and penchant for cold-hearted violence that helped earn him a spot in the slammer in the first place. On the lam in a city where he knows nobody, Cotter has nothing to lose, ... Read more

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McCoy's hardboiled noir classic, about an Ivy League graduate's criminal rampage through the seedy underground and glitzy high society of an unnamed American cityTo escape prison, Ralph Cotter uses the same genius for planning and penchant for cold-hearted violence that helped earn him a spot in the slammer in the first place. On the lam in a city where he knows nobody, Cotter has nothing to lose,
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

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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 ... Read more

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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
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

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They Shoot Horses, Don’t They is a novel that speaks to our times: we are inundated with reality shows, where fame and fortune, tragedy and despair are brought to us on a whim and often in the public eye. The public’s livelihoods and fates are broadcast for the world to see, and this sells.The basis for this story is concerning the promotion of a dance marathon during the Great Depression. The ... Read more

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They Shoot Horses, Don’t They is a novel that speaks to our times: we are inundated with reality shows, where fame and fortune, tragedy and despair are brought to us on a whim and often in the public eye. The public’s livelihoods and fates are broadcast for the world to see, and this sells.The basis for this story is concerning the promotion of a dance marathon during the Great Depression. The
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Corruption City

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A young law professor is hired to clean up a city strangled by corruptionNemo Crespi's organization has a hand in everything from gambling rackets to hotels to newspapers. To combat him, the governor needs a special prosecutor he can trust, someone free of political ambitions . . . someone like John Conroy, a twenty-nine-year-old law professor as unlikely for the prosecutor job as anyone. Cynical, ... Read more

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A young law professor is hired to clean up a city strangled by corruptionNemo Crespi's organization has a hand in everything from gambling rackets to hotels to newspapers. To combat him, the governor needs a special prosecutor he can trust, someone free of political ambitions . . . someone like John Conroy, a twenty-nine-year-old law professor as unlikely for the prosecutor job as anyone. Cynical,
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No Pockets in a Shroud

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In this ingenious novel, a passionate journalist takes on his city's rampant corruptionMike Dolan is a widely read columnist, but he's intensely frustrated by his newspaper's attitude toward the truth. All the articles he's most keen to run—about a rich youth escaping punishment in a drunk-driving accident, a supremacist group called the Crusaders, or a pennant-winning baseball team found to be ... Read more

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In this ingenious novel, a passionate journalist takes on his city's rampant corruptionMike Dolan is a widely read columnist, but he's intensely frustrated by his newspaper's attitude toward the truth. All the articles he's most keen to run—about a rich youth escaping punishment in a drunk-driving accident, a supremacist group called the Crusaders, or a pennant-winning baseball team found to be
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I Should Have Stayed Home

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McCoy's classic, slyly funny novel about a pair of young actors trying to make it in a pitiless HollywoodFor aspiring actor Ralph Carston, all roads lead to Hollywood—but none seem to be direct or easy. The handsome Georgia native immediately finds that his Southern accent is one strike against him, though he manages to eke out a living as an extra alongside his pretty roommate Mona Matthews. But ... Read more

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McCoy's classic, slyly funny novel about a pair of young actors trying to make it in a pitiless HollywoodFor aspiring actor Ralph Carston, all roads lead to Hollywood—but none seem to be direct or easy. The handsome Georgia native immediately finds that his Southern accent is one strike against him, though he manages to eke out a living as an extra alongside his pretty roommate Mona Matthews. But
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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

by Horace McCoy ...

A classic hard-boiled noir, taking the reader on a whirlwind ride from the heights of American society to its seediest depths and back again.Ralph Cotter is an Ivy League graduate, which means he’s smart enough to get himself into prison – and out again. He’s on the run, in a city where he knows no one and no one knows him. With nothing to lose, he might as well shoot for the moon. But he didn’t ... Read more

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A classic hard-boiled noir, taking the reader on a whirlwind ride from the heights of American society to its seediest depths and back again.Ralph Cotter is an Ivy League graduate, which means he’s smart enough to get himself into prison – and out again. He’s on the run, in a city where he knows no one and no one knows him. With nothing to lose, he might as well shoot for the moon. But he didn’t
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No Pockets in a Shroud

by Horace McCoy ...

Is the pen really mightier than the sword – or the gun?Mike Dolan is an investigative journalist with his eyes on a baseball bribery scandal until his editor kills the story. Mike quits his job and starts his own magazine, determined to unearth corruption and make the world a better place. But as he goes after more and more dangerous and powerful people, will he find that he’s bitten off more than ... Read more

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Is the pen really mightier than the sword – or the gun?Mike Dolan is an investigative journalist with his eyes on a baseball bribery scandal until his editor kills the story. Mike quits his job and starts his own magazine, determined to unearth corruption and make the world a better place. But as he goes after more and more dangerous and powerful people, will he find that he’s bitten off more than
... Read more
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

by Horace McCoy ...

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is hardboiled fiction in the finest tradition. Whatever you believe pulp noir or hardboiled writing is, you’ll find it here. Tough guys, sexy women, crooked lawyers, dishonest cops, blackmail, betrayal, manipulation, sex and violence, it’s all in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and it all hits home hard.Horace McCoy was an American writer wrote hardboiled fiction set during the Great ... Read more

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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is hardboiled fiction in the finest tradition. Whatever you believe pulp noir or hardboiled writing is, you’ll find it here. Tough guys, sexy women, crooked lawyers, dishonest cops, blackmail, betrayal, manipulation, sex and violence, it’s all in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and it all hits home hard.Horace McCoy was an American writer wrote hardboiled fiction set during the Great
... Read more
Corruption City

by Horace McCoy ...

Who better to clean up a city than a twenty-nine-year-old law professor?John Conroy is an unlikely choice to face off against Nemo Crespi and his widespread organized crime ring, but the governor needs someone free of political ties and ambitions, and Conroy fits the bill. The young law professor is willing to take on the gangster – after all, it will let him take his theory that all power ... Read more

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Who better to clean up a city than a twenty-nine-year-old law professor?John Conroy is an unlikely choice to face off against Nemo Crespi and his widespread organized crime ring, but the governor needs someone free of political ties and ambitions, and Conroy fits the bill. The young law professor is willing to take on the gangster – after all, it will let him take his theory that all power
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