{"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\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":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647539810578,"sku":"9781250033345","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a9b250d9-d4bd-4c98-9920-5d80e9ab21bc.jpg?v=1734801801","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hhhh-9781250033345","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}