Description
Sordid, pathetic, senselessly exciting. . . has the immediacy and the significance of a nerve-shattering explosion.--The New Republic
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, for weeks at a time. But the underside of that craze was filled with a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms.
Horace McCoy was born near Nashville, Tennessee in 1897. His novels include I Should Have Stayed Home (1938), and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948).
Author: Horace McCoy
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 05/17/2011
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781846687396
ISBN10: 184668739X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General
About the Author
Horace McCoy was born near Nashville, Tennessee in 1897. During his lifetime he travelled all over the US as a salesman and taxi-driver and his varied career included reporting, sports editing, acting as bodyguard to a politician, doubling for a wrestler, and writing for films and magazines. A founder of the celebrated Dallas Little Theatre, his novels include I Should Have Stayed Home (1938), and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948). He died in 1955.