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Random House
01 February 2013

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Somewhat experimental in style, this marvellous, unique book tells the story of Operation Anthropoid whose mission was to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, one of the chief players in the Nazi regime. Binet manages to make the tension almost unbearable at times. Winner of the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman 2010. Greg

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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Imprint:   Random House
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 194mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   240g
ISBN:   9780099555643
ISBN 10:   0099555646
Pages:   336
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

HHhH is Laurent Binet's first novel. He lives and works in France. HHhH won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman and the Prix des Lecteurs du Livre de Poche.

Reviews for HHhH

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Somewhat experimental in style, this marvellous, unique book tells the story of Operation Anthropoid whose mission was to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, one of the chief players in the Nazi regime. Binet manages to make the tension almost unbearable at times. Winner of the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman 2010. Greg





Vividly recreates the assassination of Heydrich and its consequences -- John Le Carre * Telegraph * Laurent Binet's HHhH is hard to categorise. All is can say is that it has the same gravity-defying balance of weight and light as early Milan Kundera -- Janice Turner * The Times * Utterly amazing ... likely to make you gasp, laugh and cry often within a few pages * Savidge Reads * HHhH is a highly original piece of work, at once charming, moving, and gripping -- Martin Amis 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. -- Brett Easton Ellis


  • Long-listed for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013
  • Long-listed for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013.
  • Short-listed for Bookseller Industry Awards: Publicity Campaign of the Year 2013 (UK)
  • Short-listed for IBW Book Award 2013 (UK)
  • Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards: Fiction 2013
  • Shortlisted for National Book Critics Circle Awards: Fiction 2013.
  • Winner of Publishers Publicity Circle Hardback Fiction Award 2013
  • Winner of Publishers Publicity Circle Hardback Fiction Award 2013.

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