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The Prestige

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A 19th Century feud between two English stage magicians. Their rivalry centers over instant displacement by electricity from one end of a stage to the other, the contest degenerating into dirty tricks. Told from the perspective of their descendants, a man and a woman.

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The Prestige, Christopher Priest

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2006
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Language
English
Publisher
Macmillan
Released
2006
Format
Hardcover
Pages
368
ISBN10
0765356171
ISBN13
9780765356178
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First published
1995
Original title
The Prestige
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A 19th Century feud between two English stage magicians. Their rivalry centers over instant displacement by electricity from one end of a stage to the other, the contest degenerating into dirty tricks. Told from the perspective of their descendants, a man and a woman.