The Prestige by Christopher Priest

The Prestige by Christopher Priest

Two 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later. Working in the gaslight-and-velvet world of Victorian music halls, they prowl edgily in the background of each other's shadowy life, driven to the extremes by a deadly combination of obsessive secrecy and insatiable curiosity. At the heart of the row is an amazing illusion they both perform during their stage acts. The secret of the magic is simple, and the reader is in on it almost from the start, but to the antagonists the real mystery lies deeper. Both have something more to hide than the mere workings of a trick.

"The exhilarating zip of the plot, sweeping you along to a conclusion that is thoroughly unexpectedA case study in sleight-of-hand on several levels." -- Helen O'Hara EMPIRE "A narrative full of twists, turns and revelations. Behind all the surface trickery lies an intelligent and thoughtful novel about the nature of illusion and secrecy." OBSERVER

Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel THE PRESTIGE won both a prestigious literary award and a major genre prize; THE SEPARATION won Britain's two major SF awards.

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ISBN 13	9780575079069
ISBN 10	0575079061
Title	The Prestige
Author	Christopher Priest
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2006-11-08
Number of pages	368
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