The Prestige novel

kelber at mindspring.com kelber at mindspring.com
Wed Dec 13 11:34:13 CST 2006


I've seen the film twice -- the second viewing was even more enjoyable than the first.  It's a really brilliant, thought-provoking script.  I'm looking forward to getting hold of the book so that I can compare it to the film adaptation.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Nightingale <isread at btopenworld.com>
>Sent: Dec 13, 2006 12:16 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: The Prestige novel
>
>I suspect Priest is underrated in Britain because he can be denounced as a
>'science fiction writer'. I would certainly recommend The Prestige, although
>I can't comment on the film adaptation. In the Guardian recently a rather
>dismissive 'review' of the new pbk version suggested the film was an
>improvement:
>
>http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1967602,00.html
>
>Other Priest novels: The Separation is one that Pynchon readers might enjoy.
>
>
>




More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list