{"product_id":"hhhh-9781250033345","title":"HHhH","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Captivating . . . [\u003ci\u003eHHhH\u003c\/i\u003e] has a vitality very different from that of most historical fiction.\" --James Wood\u003ci\u003e, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the major motion picture, \"The Man with the Iron Heart \" available on streaming and home video.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHHhH: \"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Laurent Binet's mesmerizing debut, we follow Jozef Gabcík 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurent Binet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.50w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250033345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2013 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurent Binet\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Paris, France, in 1972. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eHHhH\u003c\/i\u003e, was named one of the fifty best books of 2015 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and received the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman. He is a professor at the University of Paris III, where he lectures on French literature. His other novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Seventh Function of Language \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Civilizations.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Laurent Binet \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792869015709,"sku":"9781250033345","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_48bedab5-a6dc-4b2c-8b8b-7dc3376b21e5.jpg?v=1774983857","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/hhhh-9781250033345","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}