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The Great Depression led people to take 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 a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms. A lurid tale of dancing and desperation, Horace McCoy's classic American novel captures the dark side of the 1930s.

McCoy''s classic, slyly funny novel about a pair of young actors trying to make it in a pitiless HollywoodFor aspiring actor Ralph Carston, all roads lead to Hollywood—but none seem to be direct or easy. The handsome Georgia native immediately finds that his Southern accent is one strike against him, though he manages to eke out a living as an extra alongside his pretty roommate Mona Matthews. But the big break for these two young hopefuls finally arrives in a curious way. When their third roommate is sentenced to three years in prison for shoplifting, Mona''s emotional courtroom outburst wins her and Ralph notoriety—and entrée into new social circles. Ralph becomes the self-loathing plaything of Ethel Smithers, a wealthy widow who promises much but has no interest in delivering. Mona faces romantic nightmares of her own while also being blacklisted for joining a union. A precursor to Sunset Boulevard, and reminiscent of Nathanael West, I Should Have Stayed Home is a fantastically hardboiled portrait of Tinseltown in the thirties. This ebook features an extended biography of Horace McCoy.

McCoy''s hardboiled noir classic, about an Ivy League graduate''s criminal rampage through the seedy underground and glitzy high society of an unnamed American city To escape prison, Ralph Cotter uses the same genius for planning and penchant for cold-hearted violence that helped earn him a spot in the slammer in the first place. On the lam in a city where he knows nobody, Cotter has nothing to lose, no conscience to hold him back, and no limit to his twisted ambition. But in the midst of a criminal spree, a grift leads him to the boudoir of wealthy heiress Margaret Dobson, a woman with the power to peel back the rotten layers of his psyche and reveal the damaged soul beneath. Vicious and thrilling, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is a look at one man''s relentless attack on American society, conjuring one of the most memorable antiheros of twentieth-century noir fiction. This ebook features an extended biography of Horace McCoy.

Returning home in the wake of his brother''s death, a successful man must grapple with his coal-town rootsFor four generations, Colonel Tom Owen''s family has been defined by the coal business. Having pulled himself out of the mines and through college, Tom is now a celebrated army surgeon who served in Europe under General Patton. But when his younger brother dies in a mine accident, he returns to their hometown of Coalville, Pennsylvania, where he confronts his grieving mother and learns the real cause of his brother''s death. Tom resents the coalmines, and his new medical practice is dedicated largely to healing miners injured in them. Despite his distinguished career, he starts to have doubts about his value—both as a surgeon, and a human being. Tom has two paths before him, and his professional and personal destinies hang in the balance. This tale of going home again is one that will resonate with readers long after the final page. This ebook features an extended biography of Horace McCoy.

In this ingenious novel, a passionate journalist takes on his city''s rampant corruptionMike Dolan is a widely read columnist, but he''s intensely frustrated by his newspaper''s attitude toward the truth. All the articles he''s most keen to run—about a rich youth escaping punishment in a drunk-driving accident, a supremacist group called the Crusaders, or a pennant-winning baseball team found to be throwing games—are precisely the ones his editor wants to shelve, caring only to keep lucrative advertising relationships intact. Dolan finally has had enough, and borrows money from friends to launch a magazine of his own. Although he''s now free to boldly speak truth to power and pursue his most important scoops, the move comes with grave consequences for his love life—and his life, period. As Dolan steps on toes and dodges fists, No Pockets in a Shroud showcases McCoy''s fast-paced, suspenseful style. This ebook features an extended biography of Horace McCoy.

A young law professor is hired to clean up a city strangled by corruption Nemo Crespi''s organization has a hand in everything from gambling rackets to hotels to newspapers. To combat him, the governor needs a special prosecutor he can trust, someone free of political ambitions . . . someone like John Conroy, a twenty-nine-year-old law professor as unlikely for the prosecutor job as anyone. Cynical, hardscrabble Conroy is reluctant to accept, until he realizes that the work will put his theory—that all power corrupts—to a welcome real-life test. It will be a formidable mission, and not just because of the caliber of the enemy. Conroy''s own father, a cop promoted to the role of chief investigator, has a close friend in Crespi''s ranks, and he knows his fair share of dirty secrets. As the investigation gains speed, Conroy and those closest to him will have to grapple with the full reach of the vicious syndicate. This ebook features an extended biography of Horace McCoy.

During the Depression, Gloria and Robert enter a dance marathon in return for three square meals a day and a chance at winning the big-money prize. Under the intense scrutiny of the media, corporate sponsors and obsessive fans, the competing couples are put through a series of gruelling and humiliating feats of endurance, until they begin to fight among themselves and betray each other. As days and weeks go by, the tension reaches boiling point, and this pitch-black tale of desire and desperation heads towards a violent conclusion.

En Hollywood hay unos veinte mil aspirantes a actores que, fascinados por la imagen que muestran las revistas, han abandonado la seguridad de una vida monótona en su ciudad natal para perseguir un sueño. Mona y Ralph son dos de esos extras que intentan sobrevivir en una ciudad que, sin embargo, se les mostrará cruel y agresiva, tan violenta que es incluso capaz de asesinar. Mona y Ralph esperan incansables junto al teléfono a que les llegue su oportunidad, pero ¿serán capaces de verla cuando aparezca?

Ralph Cotter escapa brutalmente y sin mirar atrás de la prisión donde estaba recluido con la ayuda de una mujer tan atractiva como peligrosa que le envolverá en un sórdido ambiente de ladrones, estafadores, y policías corruptos. Novela en la que se basa la película homónima.

Mike Dolan es un reportero que, harto de las componendas de una prensa sumisa y de ver cómo sus artículos terminan en la papelera, decide hacer la guerra por su cuenta. Pese a que sólo cuenta con su fiel amigo Eddie Bishop, la temperamental Myra Barnowski y cierto talento para conseguir dinero de las mujeres, muy pronto ve la luz Cosmopolite, un semanario por cuyas páginas desfilarán un equipo de béisbol corrupto, un médico de la alta sociedad que practica abortos ilegales, una extraña secta cuyos miembros visten túnicas y capuchones blancos y organizan reuniones a la luz de la luna... Mike Dolan, que ha pasado de tener que esquivar a sus acreedores y a los maridos celosos, a dirigir una cruzada en aras de la verdad, no tardará en comprobar que hay demasiadas personas interesadas en mantener las cosas como están y en ponerle precio a su silencio. Pero Dolan no es de los que se echan atrás... Esta historia sólo podía terminar de una manera.

The price of Truth!Mike Dolan is a widely read newspaper columnist, but he's intensely frustrated by his newspaper's shelving the stories that count – like a rich brat's drunk-driving accident, a KKK like racist-fascist group called the Crusaders, or a pennant-winning baseball team fixing games. Dolan has had enough, and starts up his own magazine. But freedom comes with consequences and at high cost. With issues relevant even today like freedom of the press, fake news, women rights, xenophobia, sports corruption, No Pockets in a Shroud is a hard-hitting book that showcases McCoy's fast-paced, suspenseful and classic hard-boiled fiction style.