The Prestige

The literary masterpiece about a feud that spans generations

Christopher Priest

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Gollancz
01 May 2005

Fantasy

Series: Gollancz S.F.

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 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
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 155mm, Width: 200mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 256g
ISBN: 9780575075801
ISBN 10: 0575075805
Series: Gollancz S.F.
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 May 2005
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. He was selected for the original Best of Young British Novelists in1983 and has gone from strength to strength ever since.

Reviews for The Prestige: The literary masterpiece about a feud that spans generations

The prestige is certainly at home in the presitgious SF masterworks series, You can't lose - and that's no illusion! * British Fantasy Society *

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