“Captivating . . . [HHhH] has a vitality very different from that of most historical fiction.” –James Wood, The New Yorker
The basis for the major motion picture, “The Man with the Iron Heart ” available on streaming and home video.
HHhH: “Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich,” or “Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich.” The most lethal man in Hitler’s cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich seemed indestructible–until two exiled operatives, a Slovak and a Czech, killed him and changed the course of history.
In Laurent Binet’s mesmerizing debut, we follow Jozef Gabc? and Jan Kubis from their dramatic escape from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to their fatal attack on Heydrich and their own brutal deaths in the basement of a Prague church. A seamless blend of memory, actuality, and Binet’s own remarkable imagination, HHhH is at once thrilling and intellectually engrossing–a fast-paced novel of the Second World War that is also a profound meditation on the debt we owe to history.
A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
Author: Laurent Binet
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 07/23/2013
Pages: 327
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.50w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9781250033345
Language: English
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