The Prestige
First edition | |
| Author | Christopher Priest |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Peter Kenny |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction, Horror fiction |
| Publisher | Touchstone, Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 404 |
| ISBN | 0-671-71924-6 |
| LC Class | PR6066.R55 P74 |
The Prestige is a 1995 epistolary science fantasy mystery novel by Christopher Priest. It tells the story of a prolonged feud between two stage magicians in late 1800s England. Its main structure is that of a collection of diaries that were kept by the protagonists and later collated. The title derives from the novel's fictional practice of stage illusions having three parts: the setup, the performance, and the prestige (effect).
The novel received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for best fiction and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.