They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)

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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1935 novel by Horace McCoy that portrays the desperation and psychological breakdown of Depression-era contestants in a brutal marathon dance competition.

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instanceOf novel
adaptationDirector Sydney Pollack
adaptationType feature film
adaptationYear 1969
adaptedAs They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969 film)
author Horace McCoy
centralEvent marathon dance competition
countryOfOrigin United States
genre Depression-era fiction
psychological fiction
social realism
hasTitle They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
literaryMovement hardboiled fiction
literarySignificance Depression-era classic
mainCharacter Gloria Beatty
Robert Syverten
medium print
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrator Robert Syverten
originalLanguage English
portrays economic hardship during the Great Depression
marathon dance marathons as endurance contests
psychological toll of prolonged competition
publicationYear 1935
publisher United States publisher (unspecified in prompt)
settingLocation Los Angeles
settingPeriod Great Depression
structure framed by courtroom scenes
theme desperation
exploitation
hopelessness
poverty
psychological breakdown
titlePunctuation includes question mark

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Horace McCoy notableWork They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel) hasTitle They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
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American Depression-era literature canon hasWork They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
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