The Prestige
In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose one another.Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible...
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In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose one another.Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible consequences. In the course of pursuing each other's ruin, they will deploy all the deception their magicians' craft can command--the highest misdirection and the darkest science.Blood will be spilled, but it will not be enough. In the end, their legacy will pass on for generations...to descendants who must, for their sanity's sake, untangle the puzzle left to them.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312858865 (0312858868)
ASIN: 312858868
Publish date: September 15th 1997
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 404
Edition language: English
I held him tightly against me. He was neither cold nor warm. One of his outstretched hands, clenched in fear, was touching the side of my face. The relief of finding him at last overwhelmed everything – everything except the fear of this place. I wanted to turn around so that I could head back towar...
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This book was odd. I picked it up, and two pages in was hooked. Apparently, if you write a story that starts on a train with a character that has received a mysterious package, I'm all in.That being said, this book was difficult for me to finish. Told from three different view points, the story revo...
It's hard for me to write about this book without mentioning the (probably) better-known movie, since I'd already seen the movie before reading the book. I don't mean this to be a straight comparison of the two, but that aspect will definitely be part of this review. Both the novel and the film shar...
Bin ich gerade einer Illusion aufgesessen? Diese Frage stelle ich mir zwei Tage, nachdem ich das Buch beendet habe, immer noch. Vielleicht ist das auch keiner Wunder, handelt es sich doch um ein Buch, in dem sich zwei Magier in ihrer Privatfehde verlieren. Erzählt wird die Geschichte Alfred Bordens ...
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