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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James Poe → basedOnWorkAdapted → They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel) ⓘ
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Horace McCoy → notableWork → They Shoot Horses, Don't They? ⓘ
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Horace McCoy → wrote → 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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