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The Prestige
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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The Prestige
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What the critics say
- Winner of the World Fantasy Award, 1996
- Audie Award Finalist, Fiction, Unabridged, 2007
"Extraordinary, like a dazzling magic act!" (Entertainment Weekly)
"A brilliant conjuring act by one of the master illusionists of our time." (Wired)
"A taut, twisting, prize-winning story of two magicians and their fierce fin-de-siècle rivalry that taints successive generations of their respective families....An unexpectedly compelling fusion of weird science and legerdemain." (Kirkus Reviews)
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- leon heidema
- 2023-11-08
As usual the movie doesn’t do it justice
Really good story. Gripping and illuminating. I like the way the author made good book. The narrator can talk good.
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- Amelie
- 2023-03-06
wow!
I loved it and simply could not stop it!!!!!!! I can't wait to watch the 2006 movie from a totally new perspective.
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- Ryan B
- 2023-01-03
Captivating
You won’t regret choosing this story. The story and performance are both wonderful. I was surprised.
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- Eric
- 2022-07-13
Wonderful
Both narration and story had me enraptured from beginning to end. Incredible! Different than the movie.
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- Langer MD
- 2023-10-26
Entertaining
I confess that I have never seen the evidently popular film adaptation of this Christopher Priest story. If it is similar to this book, it's worth a viewing. The first ⅔ of the book chronicles an intriguing duel between two rival turn-of-the-century Vaudeville-styled stage illusionists.. and then evolves into a SciFi-flavored cautionary tale involving teleportation and the experiments of Nikola Tesla.
Priest's vocabulary/prose is creditable, his dialogue is realistic, and his description skills are commendable. Less fortunately, he jumps around with his plot - rendering the book occasionally hard to follow.
Simon Vance's performance is likewise excellent - but imperfect. His diction, cadence, timbre, and tone are beyond reproach.. but his voice-acting is variable (Vance's American accents are noticeably subpar, for example).
Altogether, this recording of 'The Prestige' was an outstanding listening option for a couple of quiet afternoons. If you can get it as a 'Plus' option, downloading it is a no-brainer. Even if Audible requested a Credit for this 8/10-star offering, you wouldn't go wrong spending it.
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