In 1942, parachutists Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubis are dropped into Nazi-occupied Prague with orders to kill Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most feared figures in the Third Reich.

Heydrich oversees the Nazi secret services and helps design the machinery of terror across occupied Europe. The parachutists' mission, known as Operation Anthropoid, depends on secrecy, courage and the support of an underground resistance network. Moving between cramped Prague safe houses and the corridors of power in Berlin, HHhH traces the careful planning of the assassination and the tense days that follow.

Grounded in real events during the Second World War, HHhH is a panoramic work of historical fiction that tells a story of heroism, loyalty, revenge and betrayal.

An astonishing, unforgettable novel: a thrilling Second World War assassination plot told with rare literary brilliance.

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 Interallie. Civilisations is a bestseller that has won the Grand Prix de l'Academie francaise. Sam Taylor is an award-winning literary translator and novelist. He has translated more than 60 books from French including Laurent Binet's HHhH and Leila Slimani's Lullaby.

Reviews
[An] extraordinary true story... made still better by the way in which Laurent Binet weaves in his own exploits as researcher and detective to uncover the truth * Week *
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
Magnificent ... unsurpassable ... told with grace and elegance ... exerts a hypnotic sway over the reader ... something of a Greek tragedy and of the splendid thriller ... All the details have such persuasive force that they remain indelibly recorded in the memory of the reader -- Mario Vargas Llosa
By the time I got to the last page of Binet's masterpiece, I had to close my eyes and rethink history. I'm rethinking it still -- Gary Shteyngart
Laurent Binet has given a new dimension to the non-fiction novel by weaving his writerly anxieties about the genre into the narrative, but his story is no less compelling for that, and the climax is unforgettable -- David Lodge
A wonderful, ambitious book, and a triumph of translation -- Colum McCann
A suspenseful work of absolute originality -- Claude Lanzmann, director of SHOAH
A genuine tour de force * L'Humanite *
A great success ... a terrifying story ... a breathless thriller * La Provence *


Awards
Winner of Publishers Publicity Circle: Hardback Fiction Award 2013 (UK). Short-listed for national Book Critics Circle Fiction Award 2013 (United States) and Bookseller Industry Awards: Publicity Campaign of the Year 2013 (UK) and IBW Book Award 2013 (UK) and Oxford Wiedenfeld Translation Prize 2013 (UK). Long-listed for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9780099555643
Author Laurent Binet
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 235g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 129mm * 20mm