The Great Depression led people to take desperate measures to survive.
A lurid tale of dancing and desperation, Horace McCoy\'s classic American novel captures the dark side of the 1930s..
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.
The Great Depression led people to take desperate measures to survive