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The Prestige
Christopher Priest
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Description for The Prestige
Paperback. '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 Series: Gollancz S.F. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Gollancz
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Gollancz S.F.
Condition
New
Weight
261g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575075801
SKU
V9780575075801
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About Christopher Priest
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.
Reviews for The Prestige
The prestige is certainly at home in the presitgious SF masterworks series, You can't lose - and that's no illusion!
British Fantasy Society
British Fantasy Society