The Prestige
The literary masterpiece about a feud that spans generations
$34.97
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2005
Summary
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, both men prowled 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 ro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780575075801 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0575075805 |
| Author: | Christopher Priest |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2005 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 155mm x 200mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Gollancz S.F. |
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The prestige is certainly at home in the presitgious SF masterworks series, You can’t lose - and that’s no illusion! - British Fantasy Society
The prestige is certainly at home in the presitgious SF masterworks series, You can’t lose - and that’s no illusion! - British Fantasy Society
About The Author
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. He was selected for the original Best of Young British Novelists in 1983 and has gone from strength to strength ever since.
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