A recommendation: The Prestige

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> Eggplant wrote:
>
> For all those suffering from Harry Potter withdrawal now that the last
> book has been published I suggest you read a wonderful novel about
> magic called "The Prestige" by Christopher Priest. It's absolutely
> first rate! They made a movie out of the book and the movie may be
> even better than the book.



I'll second this recommendation!  A very unique and original book that
I read straight through twice and read a third time just recently.
It's also very haunting and as Bart wrote, parallels several of the
big themes in the last two books of the HP series.

The movie and book can stand very much on their own and only have the
rivalry as the common thread.  How it starts, its after-effects and
resolution are entirely different.  It also takes place in two
different time periods the early 1900s and the present (which is left
out of the movie, probably for the better).

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