{"product_id":"they-shoot-horses-dont-they","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","brand":"Serpent's Tail","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52344928534744,"sku":"9781846687396","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_2067e4ca-1e3c-4d17-be01-a7820144e2e2.jpg?v=1788291040","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/they-shoot-horses-dont-they","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}