The Prestige

Like the sleight of hand of Victorian magicians, this book began as one thing and turned into something else entirely. On the surface, and through most of the narrative, this book appears to be about a rivalry between two magicians in Victorian England who sabotage each other during performances. It of course begins with good intentions and a misunderstanding and then continues their whole lives. But then the end goes off in an unexpected direction and the book turns into a horror novel. Priest is quite prolific in the UK, winning many awards across Europe. This, however, is I think his only book to win something that's a little less parochial. It won the 1996 World Fantasy Award.

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