This might very well have also been the case with me if I’d been caught unaware, but because I remembered this discussion, my reading experience was improved – one more reason to be grateful for social reading. Litlove noted in her review that their sudden introduction was jarring, and many of the commenters agreed. The ways in which Priest’s novel is science fiction are not at all obvious at first, but they become clearer as the narrative advances. The Prestige is many things: Victorian pastiche, a mystery, and also a science fiction novel, complete with a cameo by Nikola Tesla. Similarly, the secrets as the heart of their key illusions are slowly revealed. The reasons why the conflict between the two escalates to such an extent only become clear as the story progresses. Angier and Borden are two stage magicians engaged in a rivalry that spans decades. There’s also the fact that Andrew feels that he has, or once had, a twin brother – a brother whose absence has haunted him all through his life.Īfter this short present-day section, The Prestige moves to the year 1901, and through a series of journal entries it tells the story of Rupert Angier and Alfred Borden, Andrew and Kate’s ancestors. Both Andrew and Kate feel that something important happened during that first meeting of theirs long ago, but neither of them really knows how to explain this impression. The Prestige opens in the present day, when a young reporter named Andrew Westley travels to meet Kate Angier, a reclusive woman he first met as a child.
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