ThePrestige(PB)Published10.02.11

Two19thcenturystageillusionists,thearistocraticRupertAngierandtheworking-classAlfredBorden,engageinabitteranddeadlyfeud;theeffectsarestillbeingfeltbytheirrespectivefamiliesahundredyearslater.Workinginthegaslight-and-velvetworldofVictorianmusichalls,theyprowledgilyinthebackgroundofeachother'sshadowylife,driventotheextremesbyadeadlycombinationofobsessivesecrecyandinsatiablecuriosity.Attheheartoftherowisanamazingillusiontheybothperformduringtheirstageacts.Thesecretofthemagicissimple,andthereaderisinonitalmostfromthestart,buttotheantagoniststherealmysteryliesdeeper.Bothhavesomethingmoretohidethanthemereworkingsofatrick.