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A review by ravuri
HHhH by Laurent Binet
3.0
HHhH is somewhat conventional historical fiction with fourth-wall-breaking elements thrown in. The basic story -- the assassination of Reinhold Heydrich -- is sufficiently crazy to feel like a Hollywood thriller.* But it's the missing details of the story to which Binet/narrator draw attention: in the form of story-breaking "director's commentary." It seems John Barth-y, and while it does make the book more *Literary*, it only feels that way because postmodern elements are added to the maligned genre of historical fiction.
That said, the non-pomo chapters of the book are interesting, if a bit conventional. The second half of the book, which comprise the actual assassination and subsequent manhunt, read like a thriller. I'm happy to have learned about this part of history, and there are worse ways to have learned about it.
* Which, incidentally, it is: see Anthropoid.
** See Anthropoid
That said, the non-pomo chapters of the book are interesting, if a bit conventional. The second half of the book, which comprise the actual assassination and subsequent manhunt, read like a thriller. I'm happy to have learned about this part of history, and there are worse ways to have learned about it.
* Which, incidentally, it is: see Anthropoid.
** See Anthropoid