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Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award and the World Fantasy Award
Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Christian Bale and David Bowie starred in the latest movie adaptation of The Prestige. The Prestige is one of Priest’s most acclaimed novels, being winner of both the World Fantasy Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose each other. Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers—but with terrible consequences. In the course of pursuing each other’s ruin, they will deploy all the deception their magician’s craft can command, the highest misdirection and the darkest science. Blood will be spilled, but it will not be enough. In the end, their legacy will pass on for generations to descendants who must, for their sanity’s sake, untangle their puzzle.
AudioFile: "Priest’s remarkable novel has been produced as an audiobook every bit as remarkable....Hearing Vance mellifluously pronounce words like ‘prestidigitator’ as if they were part of his normal speech makes the book worth the time, but there is so much more....Vance expertly portrays these two men as their lives (and their tricks) are slowly revealed." SFFAudio.com: "It’s difficult to say how long it’s been since I’ve been so enthralled with an audiobook.... performance was stellar. Because of his subtle care, the surprises of the novel were enhanced....The result is an intricate web that is slowly unraveled throughout the book. It’s an audiobook that merits a second listen."
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Christopher Priest
Won the World Fantasy Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and in 2001 was awarded the Prix Utopia for lifetime achievement in fantastic literature. He is married to the writer Leigh Kennedy. They live in Hastings, England, with their two children.
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Simon Vance
Winner of numerous Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie® Award in 2006. Born in England, he worked for ten years as a radio news announcer for the BBC and as a narrator for the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Besides narrating, he is involved in numerous stage-acting projects in the United States and Europe.
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- Resultados: 26 |
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The Phantom of the Opera
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Gaston Leroux
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2666
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Roberto Bolaño
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Alphaville
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Michael Codella
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American Gangster
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Mark Jacobson
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Atlas Shrugged
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Ayn Rand
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Autobiography of Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
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Blood Diamonds
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Greg Campbell
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Che Guevara
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Jon Lee Anderson
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Cryoburn
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Lois McMaster Bujold
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Dark Dude
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Oscar Hijuelos
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First Drop of Crimson
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Jeaniene Frost
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Flash Forward
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Robert J. Sawyer
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Greasing the Piñata
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Tim Maleeny
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Jackie as Editor
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Greg Lawrence
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Matterhorn
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Karl Marlantes
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Poser
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Claire Dederer
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Shibumi
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Trevanian
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Striking Back
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Aaron J. Klein
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The Book of Spies
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Gayle Lynds
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The Fall of Che Guevara
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Henry Butterfield Ryan
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The Prestige
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Christopher Priest
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The Rise and Fall of...
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William L. Shirer
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The Savage Detectives
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Roberto Bolaño
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The Tortilla Curtain
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T.C. Boyle
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Winnie the Pooh
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A. A. Milne
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You Don't Look Like...
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Heather Sellers
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