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The Prestige: The literary masterpiece about a feud that spans generations
Christopher Priest
S.F. Masterworks, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Science fiction, Fantasy
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- Paperback Apr 12, 2011 | 9780575099418 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Paperback May 1, 2005 | 9780575075801 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 14, 2011 | 9780575114968 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 3, 2008 | 9781409100034 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Gollancz
- Paperback Apr 12, 2011 | 9780575099418 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Paperback May 1, 2005 | 9780575075801 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 14, 2011 | 9780575114968 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 3, 2008 | 9781409100034 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Gateway
- Paperback Apr 12, 2011 | 9780575099418 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Paperback May 1, 2005 | 9780575075801 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 14, 2011 | 9780575114968 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 3, 2008 | 9781409100034 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Gollancz
- Paperback Apr 12, 2011 | 9780575099418 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Paperback May 1, 2005 | 9780575075801 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 14, 2011 | 9780575114968 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 3, 2008 | 9781409100034 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
'A brilliantly constructed entertainment, with a plot as simple and intricate as a nest of Chinese boxes... a dizzying magic show of a novel.' - Washington Post.
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.
Christopher Priest
Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary literary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel THE PRESTIGE is unique in winning both a major literary prize (THE JAMES TAIT BLACK AWARD and a major genre prize THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD); THE SEPARATION won both the ARTHUR C. CLARKE and the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARDS. THE ISLANDERS won both the BSFA and John W. Campbell awards. He was selected for the original BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS in 1983.
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