I watched this movie a few years ago and really enjoyed it. Both the book and the movie focus on two turn-of-the-century magicians, Alfred Borden and Robbie Angier, who compete with each other to have the best act and have a personal vendetta against each other. The book is fairly close to the movie (the reasons for their plotting against each other are a bit different), but it adds a present day storyline involving two descendants of the magicians. Much of the story is told through Borden's diaries, and we find out that both magicians used somewhat unconventional methods to create their best and most mysterious tricks. Nikola Tesla even comes into play as the inventor who gives Angier the means for one of his tricks.

The book drags in a few places, but the excitement of the world of magicians kept me interested, and even though I knew the twist from the movie, the reveal (or "the prestige") was still entertaining.