![]() ![]() ![]() He graduated from the University of Paris with a degree in Literature. ![]() The son of a historian, Laurent Binet was born in Paris. The winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, Binet's HHhH is a novel unlike anything else. Laurent Binet (born July 19, 1972) is a French writer. From their heroic escape from Nazi-occupied Prague to their recruitment by the British secret services from their meticulous preparation and training to their harrowing parachute drop into a war zone from their stealth attack on Heydrich's car to their own brutal deaths in the basement of a Prague church, Binet narrates the compelling story of these two incredible men, rescuing their heroic acts from obscurity. But who exactly were the forgotten heroes who killed one of historys most notorious men? In Laurent Binet's captivating debut novel, HHhH (Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich, or Himmler's brain is called Heydrich), we follow the lives of Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, the Slovak and the Czech responsible for Heydrich's death. The most lethal man in Hitler’s cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich seemed indestructibleuntil two exiled operatives, a Slovak and a Czech, killed him and changed the course of history. And most have heard stories of his spectacular assassination at the hands of two Czechoslovakian partisans. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice HHhH: Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich, or Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich. Summary: Everyone has heard of Reinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague. ![]()
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