HHhH
Binet, Laurent, Translated from the French By Sam Taylor
Language: English
Published by Harvill Secker, London, 2012
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Every once in a while a novel is written that expands the definition of the novel. Like Room, this is one of those books. "Operation Anthropoid, Prague, 1942. Two Czechoslovakian parachutists are sent from London on a daring mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, Chief of Nazi Secret Services, 'The hangman of Prague,' 'the blond beast,' the most dangerous man in the Third Reich! His boss is Heinrich Himmler but everyone in the SS says, 'Himler's brain is called Heydrich,' which in German spells HHhH. A debut novel that won France's top literary award. An unusual publication which has the four letters of the title printed into the book's foredge in red letters. Protected in an acid-free archival acetate cover, bubble wrapped and shipped in a box.
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- Title
- HHhH
- Author
- Binet, Laurent, Translated from the French By Sam Taylor
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker, London
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1846554799
- ISBN 13
- 9781846554797
- Edition
- First English Language Translation
- Seller catalogs
- Historical Fiction
'HHhH blew me away. Binet’s style fuses it all together: a neutral, journalistic honesty sustained with a fiction writer’s zeal and story-telling instincts. It’s one of the best historical novels I’ve ever come across.' Bret Easton Ellis
Two men have been enlisted to kill the head of the Gestapo. This is Operation Anthropoid, Prague, 1942: two Czechoslovakian parachutists sent on a daring mission by London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the Nazi secret services, 'the hangman of Prague', 'the blond beast', 'the most dangerous man in the Third Reich'.
His boss is Heinrich Himmler but everyone in the SS says 'Himmler's brain is called Heydrich', which in German spells HHhH.
All the characters in HHhH are real. All the events depicted are true. But alongside the nerve-shredding preparations for the attack runs another story: when you are a novelist writing about real people, how do you resist the temptation to make things up?
HHhH is a panorama of the Third Reich told through the life of one outstandingly brutal man, a story of unbearable heroism and loyalty, revenge and betrayal. It is improbably entertaining and electrifyingly modern, a moving and shattering work of fiction.
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About the Author
Laurent Binet lives and works in France.
His first novel, HHhH, was an international bestseller which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman, among other prizes.
The 7th Function of Language won the Prix de la FNAC and Prix Interallié. Civilisations is a bestseller that has won the Grand Prix de l'Académie française.
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