His explains his secrets are to be guarded, and yet, he longs to reveal them.Īlfred tells the tale of how his rivalry with Rupert Angier began as he struck the first blow by trying to humiliate the man during a séance by showing his tricks to the grieving family and how this was taken by Angier. His childhood is briefly described, and then he proceeds by examining his life as an illusionist. In order for Andrew to follow along with this rivalry, the book is opened and takes over as the narrative to the reader with the entries that are placed within in regards to Alfred Borden's life. Andrew's only concern is that of a twin brother who he believes he has whom he longs to connect with. Both men were rival magicians throughout their lives and careers. Andrew is pulled into a mystery of a past feud that took place between his great-grandfather, Alfred Borden, and a man named Rupert Angier. The Prestige is an engaging tale that is very enjoyable to read.Īndrew Westley is sent on an assignment the day that he receives a book from his father that shows a connection to Andrew's birth parents in that it was written by a man who shares the same last name as Andrew's birth name. Andrew Westley and Lady Katherine Angier unite to discover the secrets surrounding the feud between their ancestors. Readers who have seen the 2006 film adaptation directed by Christopher Nolan will find that though the book shares many similarities with the movie, it also contains many surprises as well as a chilling ending that the reader will never see coming.The Prestige by Christopher Priest is a novel written partially as a narrative and partially in an epistolary style. One of Christopher Priest’s most acclaimed works and winner of both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the World Fantasy Award, The Prestige is an ingeniously constructed entertainment, a masterpiece of misdirection where nothing is what it seems. But what starts out as professional jealousy soon escalates into a bitter and deadly obsession whose terrible consequences will still be felt a century later by their descendants, who have their own surprising reasons for wanting to discover the truth.

Each of them performs a masterful and seemingly impossible illusion, and each is determined to unravel the secret of his rival’s trick at any cost. In the smoke-and-mirrors world of Victorian music halls, two talented young stage magicians vie to be known as the best illusionist in London.

The prestige by christopher priest