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Excellent storytelling on a gruesome part of history, which even survives the gratuitous and somewhat self-serving insertion of the author of himself into the narrative in what once used to be considered charming, post-modern. Even at the time we knew that to be a mistake, and it still is.

But this novel is forceful enough to withstand that bout of coquetry, and in memory of it these embellishments wash away naturally.

I've never read a novel like this. Binet, writing himself, his research process, and including the rationale behind his edits, yet manages to complete an enthralling history that moves.

Also, not that I've said enough about the book, but this will be the best Tournament of Books ever.

A clever and moving, self-examining novelization of the assassination of Heydrich - translated from French. Highly recommended.