The Midas Touch (novel)
1938 novel
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The Midas Touch is a 1938 novel by the British writer Margaret Kennedy.[1][2] It was her eighth novel, she then took a decade-long break before producing her next work The Feast in 1949. It was a Daily Mail Book of the Month.
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| Author | Margaret Kennedy |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Cassell (UK) Random House (US) |
| Publication date | 1938 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Synopsis
Evan Jones, a charismatic young Welshman used to living off his wits arrives in London and falls into the orbit of Corris Morgan, a business tycoon and Bessie Carter Blake a fraudulent psychic.
Film adaptation
In 1940 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Judy Kelly and Frank Cellier.[3]
