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Laddar... They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935)av Horace McCoy
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Brilliant masterpiece. To be read by everyone, especially these days, full of consumerism, rat racing and pursuit of hollow and fake ideals. For the past several years I've chosen books by author or genre instead of plot. I never read the publishers synopsis before hand, so I go in with a clean slate, wanting to be surprised. Well, surprised I certainly was with this one. I was familiar with the title, and I knew a film was made based on the book, but that is as far as it went. What I found was a very tightly woven tale of the human condition at its extremes. I think this one will stay with me for a long time. Short and quick noir novella. Doesn't have all the drama with detectives and investigations blah blah. It has a smooth and neat flow to the narrative .. everything points towards answering a single question : why did he kill her? A man meets a girl .. both hard boiled for money .. they enroll into a dance marathon .. everything goes well for a few days until it all ends in a massive accident and murder. So why did he kill her? Isn't she someone he could have fallen in love with? Interesting Read! inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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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 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. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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