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Two 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later. Working in the gaslight-and-velvet world of Victorian music halls, they prowl edgily in the background of each other's shadowy life, driven to the extremes by a deadly combination of obsessive secrecy and insatiable curiosity. At the heart of the row is an amazing illusion they both perform during their stage acts. The secret of the magic is simple and the reader is in on it almost from the start, but to the antagonists the real mystery lies deeper. Both have something more to hide than the mere workings of a trick.

About the Author :
Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel THE PRESTIGE is unique in winning both a major literary prize (the James Tait Black Award) and a major genre prize (The World Fantasy Award); THE SEPARATION won both the Arthur C Clarke and the British Science Fiction Awards. He was selected for the original Best of Young British Novelists in 1983. Previous titles: The Separation (Bfmt Oct 07); The Prestige; Affirmation; Extremes; Glamour; and many more

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A hundred years after their deaths, the families of Rupert Angier and Alfred Borden try to untangle the mystery surrounding both men... Told in past and present, Priest captures the shadows and gaslights of his protagonists' Victorian world in this multi-voiced recording. - DAILY EXPRESS - Kati Nicholl The skilfully shared narration between David Timpson, Jonathan Keeble, Peter Kenny and Clare Wille makes its gruesome story of electrical reincarnation eerily effective. - THE TIMES - Christina Hardyment The skilful, multi-voice narration pressents the adversaries' interior lives, locked in their rivalry, which remain convincing even as the sci-fi develops. - OBSERVER - Rachel Redford Told throught the diaries of the men - posh Rupert Angier and ordinary Alfred Borden - with their descendants meeting up to delve into unresolved mysteries a century on, the novel gives us layer after layer of illusion, on and off stage. - SUNDAY TIMES Priest's story...is as entertaining as any of the preposterous stunts that the Davids Blaine and Copperfield pill off on television these days. Four narrators make this a perfect book for audio - especially with this quartet of completely contrasting voices. - GUARDIAN - Sue Arnold


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780752898452
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • Edition: Abridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 204 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0752898450
  • Publisher Date: 03 Apr 2008
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 126 mm
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 141 mm


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