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22 produkter
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Av Horace McCoy
Häftad, 2020
145 kr
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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 …
I Should Have Stayed Home
A Novel
Av Horace McCoy
E-bok, 2013
33 kr
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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 …
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Av Horace McCoy
E-bok, 2012
148 kr
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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 …
Scalpel
A Novel
Av Horace McCoy
E-bok, 2013
167 kr
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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 …
No Pockets in a Shroud
A Novel
Av Horace McCoy
E-bok, 2013
30 kr
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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 …
Corruption City
A Novel
Av Horace McCoy
E-bok, 2013
30 kr
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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 …
Somewhere in Mexico
The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Frost, Volume 1
Av Horace McCoy
Häftad, 2022
377 kr
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Black Mask #129
Facsimile Edition
Av Dashiell Hammett, Horace McCoy m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
295 kr
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Headfirst Into Hell
The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Frost, Volume 2
Av Horace McCoy
Häftad, 2025
443 kr
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Av Horace McCoy
E-bok, 2011
148 kr
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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 …
Debería haberme quedado en casa
Av Horace McCoy
E-bok, 2010
34 kr
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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 …
Despídete del mañana
Av Horace McCoy
E-bok, 2014
57 kr
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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.
Los sudarios no tienen bolsillos
Av Horace McCoy
E-bok, 2014
45 kr
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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 …
No Pockets in a Shroud
Av Horace McCoy
Häftad, 2023
126 kr
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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. …
