Horace McCoy

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

McCoy's classic novel is a powerful story of ambition, desperation, and determination in 1930s America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Profile Books Ltd
• Main - Classic Edition
• Seitenzahl: 126
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 118g
• ISBN-13: 9781788165907
• ISBN-10: 178816590X
• Artikelnr.: 58784366

Autorenporträt

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 and 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), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948), and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935), which was made into a film. He died in 1955.