The Prestige

Christopher Priest

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Gollancz
12 April 2011

Fantasy; Urban Fantasy; GALAXY Special Event 1

Series: SF Masterworks

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.

By: Christopher Priest
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 334g
ISBN: 9780575099418
ISBN 10: 0575099410
Series: SF Masterworks
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 12 April 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.christopher-priest.co.uk

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

Stylish, enigmatic and enthralling ... Highly recommended. SFFworld.com

Short-listed for Arthur C. Clarke Award 1996 (UK)
Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1996 (UK)
Shortlisted for Arthur C. Clarke Award 1996.
Shortlisted for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1996.
Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize: Fiction 1995.
Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Book Prizes: Fiction 1995.
Winner of World Fantasy Award 1996.