A review by aadhikari
HHhH by Laurent Binet

4.0

What I enjoyed most about this book were the narrator's account of his research and writing process. The excitement of finding new source material, how subtle distortions and embellishments creep in despite the writer's efforts to prevent them, the jealousy the writer feels when he hears that someone else is publishing a book on a similar theme -- all of this rang true to life. The story of Operation Anthropoid itself did not move me or give me much insight into Nazi Germany or the Second World War. I realize I am in a minority, as most reviewers seem to have been frustrated with the narrator's digressions and and wanted more of the historical section proper.