Reinhard Heydrich..."the most dangerous man in the Third Reich, the Hangman of Prague, the Butcher, the Blond Beast, the Goat"....has an unenviable reputation of being one of the most vicious and ruthless Nazi thugs during the second world war. As well as being a master swordsman, an accomplished vi...
I really enjoyed this book. What I think liked most of all was the way in which Binet told history. It allowed the reader to get a more fuller understanding of what evidence is available on which the author is relying, and what is their own invention generate a compelling narrative. And it works. Th...
bookshelves: published-2009, paper-read, one-penny-wonder, nazi-related, prague, czech, historical-fiction, assassination, explosion, summer-2015, tbr-busting-2015, translation, wwii, biography, books-about-books-and-book-shops Read from December 11, 2012 to July 25, 2015 Description: We are in...
Literary critics will tell you that even nonfiction can be considered a kind of fiction. The author chooses what the share and what to hide. They create a story arc to engage their readers. Laurent Binet’s HHhH isn’t unusual, considered in that light. Still, any reader of historical nonfiction would...
I first heard about this novel through Hear...Read This! as one of their first selections and because the book sounded interesting. I had never heard about Reinhard Heydrich (may have heard his name his name in course of my history courses in university, but it never probably clicked in my head) an...
Andere meningen/recensies: JannyAn's Blog: http://jannyan.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/hhhh-laurent-binet/ The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/may/16/hhhh-laurent-binet-review Tony's Reading List (in English): http://tonysreadinglist.blogspot.be/2013/03/hhhh-by-laurent-binet-review-iff...
About two-thirds of the way through the book, the author ([a:Laurent Binet|3465954|Laurent Binet|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1342709342p2/3465954.jpg]) reflects:“To begin with, this seemed a simple-enough story to tell. Two men have to kill a third man. They succeed, or not, and th...
Historical fiction attracts despite the fact that readers usually know the outcome because it speaks to reasons why and what. At its best, the genre makes people re-evaluate or think deeply about the historical record. At its worse, it causes the reader to throw the book across the room in disgust...
Binet has a good story to tell, but he gets in his own way. He constantly interrupts the story of the assassination to wax philosophical about the limits of fiction and historical knowledge. He wants to tell the comprehensive truth about every last detail. And then he fills you in on every last det...
Once I was used to the way in which the narrative was constructed, I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Told from both the author’s own and the characters perspectives it really brings to life the true story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the Nazi secret services. Told in mainly ver...
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