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The Menace

Daphne du Maurier

First published 1959
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

"Barry Jeans, known as 'The Menace', is an ageing movie star whose reputation is threatened by the introduction of 'feelies' - a type of filmmaking which records the actors' emotions, and requires on powerful conviction in order to work. Concerned that Barry's career will be over if his 'force' isn't strengthened, his wife and colleagues set about trying to achieve this through a variety of means." -- <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/440451180">Blair</a>

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1959 The Breaking Point: Eight Stories Gollancz Collection
1970 Cover The Blue Lenses and Other Stories Penguin Books Collection 202