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Gripping historical fiction, Nazi assassination.

HHhH offers a gripping account of the assassination of one of the most dangerous figures in Nazi-era Germany. The novel blends history with fiction and is a must-read for fans of Historical Fiction. Binet's exceptional storytelling skills lend the novel a unique sense of urgency that will keep readers engaged throughout.

  • Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2013)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2012)
  • French-American Foundation Translation Prize Nominee for Fiction (2012)
  • 本屋大賞 for Translated Fiction (2014)
  • Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2012)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2011)
  • Prix Jan Michalski Nominee for Longlist (2010)
  • Prix Goncourt du premier roman (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

HHhH

Regular price $11.76
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ISBN: 9780099555643
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2013-01-03
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction
Related Topics: War, World War II
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 25399 readers)

Description

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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Gripping historical fiction, Nazi assassination.

HHhH offers a gripping account of the assassination of one of the most dangerous figures in Nazi-era Germany. The novel blends history with fiction and is a must-read for fans of Historical Fiction. Binet's exceptional storytelling skills lend the novel a unique sense of urgency that will keep readers engaged throughout.

  • Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2013)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2012)
  • French-American Foundation Translation Prize Nominee for Fiction (2012)
  • 本屋大賞 for Translated Fiction (2014)
  • Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2012)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2011)
  • Prix Jan Michalski Nominee for Longlist (2010)
  • Prix Goncourt du premier roman (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.