In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent seance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose one another.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 magicians' 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 the puzzle left to them.Soon to be a major motion picture starring HUGH JACKMAN, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, CHRISTIAN BALE, DAVID BOWIE, MICHAEL CAINE, ANDY SERKIS and directed by CHRISTOPHER NOLAN!
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克里斯托弗·普瑞斯特,1943年出生于英国。1965年开始发表短篇小说,至今共著有九部长篇小说及两本短篇小说集,代表作包括本书《致命魔术》及《倒转的世界》、《分隔点》等。1983年曾获选Granta杂志“英国二十大年轻作家”之一,同年入选者有“布克奖”得主石黑一雄、《撒旦诗篇》作者拉什迪等等。普瑞斯特也执导过电影并改编剧本,曾将大卫·克伦贝尔执导的电影《X接触》改写成小说。他获得过雨果奖提名,并四获“BSFA英国科幻小说奖” (1974、1978、1999、2002),以及“世界奇幻小说奖”。
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我的同行大卫·德文特先生曾说过:“魔术师保护他们的秘密不是因为这很重大,而是因为秘密很琐碎微小。舞台上创造出的精彩效果,常常是一些荒谬可笑的神秘细节所呈现的结果,魔术师必得承认。”
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