HHhH (Sigend First Edition)

Laurent Binet

ISBN 10: 0374169918 / ISBN 13: 9780374169916

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York), 2012

About this Item

First edition, first printing. Hardbound. New/New. A pristine unread copy, tight and clean. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page and dated by him in NYC in November 2013. No inscriptions, just his name, the date and NYC. With archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Smoke free shop. Shipped in well padded box. You cannot find a better copy.

Seller Inventory # 1209-223

Bibliographic Details

• Title: HHhH (Sigend First Edition)
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York)
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374169918
• ISBN 13: 9780374169916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

HHhH: "Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich", or "Himmler's brain is called Heydrich". The most dangerous man in Hitler's cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich was known as the "Butcher of Prague." He was feared by all and loathed by most. With his cold Aryan features and implacable cruelty, Heydrich seemed indestructible―until two men, a Slovak and a Czech recruited by the British secret service, killed him in broad daylight on a bustling street in Prague, and thus changed the course of History.

Who were these men, arguably two of the most discreet heroes of the twentieth century? In Laurent Binet's captivating debut novel, we follow Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubiš from their dramatic escape of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to England; from their recruitment to their harrowing parachute drop into a war zone, from their stealth attack on Heydrich's car to their own brutal death in the basement of a Prague church.

A seemingly effortlessly blend of historical truth, personal memory, and Laurent Binet's remarkable imagination, HHhH―an international bestseller and winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman―is a work at once thrilling and intellectually engrossing, a fast-paced novel of the Second World War that is also a profound meditation on the nature of writing and the debt we owe to history.

HHhH is one of The New York Times' Notable Books of 2012.

About the Author

Laurent Binet was born in Paris, France, in 1972. He is the author of La Vie professionnelle de Laurent B., a memoir of his experience teaching in secondary schools in Paris. In March 2010, his debut novel, HHhH, won the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman. Laurent Binet is a professor at the University of Paris III, where he lectures on French literature.