One of the advantages of having to travel around the country for various comedy interviews was that I actually had time to read a book for fun! After a month of nights, exams and finding useless bits of paper it was good to have a chance to relax on the train.
I really enjoyed the film version of The prestige so I was keen to read the original novel. It is the story of two rival stage magicians, the gifted working class Alfred Borden and the less talented Rupert Angier. A feud develops between these men at an early stage in their careers and it threatens to take over their lives.
The story is framed by the meeting of the modern day descendents of these men who are drawn together by the secret diaries of their ancestors. The story is presented by the two unreliable narrators (Borden and Angier) in the style of James Hogg's classic Scottish novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner which is one of my favourite books of all time.
Important differences exist between the book and the cinematic adaption. I advise fans of the film to check out the book and vice versa. You will not be disappointed.
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