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The Prestige

by Christopher Priest · first published 1995

The Prestige is a 1995 science fiction novel by Christopher Priest. It tells the story of a prolonged feud between two stage magicians in late 1800s England. Its main structure is that of a collection of diaries that were kept by the protagonists and later collated. The title derives from the novel's fictional practice of stage illusions having three parts: the setup, the performance, and the prestige (effect).

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Original language:
English
Reader rating:
★ 3.6 / 5 (9 on Open Library)
Year page:
1995

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