Joerg reviewed HHhH by Laurent Binet
Review of 'HHhH' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This is a triumph. A novel on the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich wrapped in the author demolishing the fourth wall from the beginning, walking the reader through his struggles of what it would mean to turn a documentary into a novel and then not doing it, except sometimes. Walking us through other authors writing about this. And where in the beginning his approach is reminiscent of Patrick Modiano, towards the end yet another unexplained layer enters that mixes the narratives in a more (Paul) Auster way.
I'm not even mad I accidentally bought the French audiobook first.
This is a triumph. A novel on the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich wrapped in the author demolishing the fourth wall from the beginning, walking the reader through his struggles of what it would mean to turn a documentary into a novel and then not doing it, except sometimes. Walking us through other authors writing about this. And where in the beginning his approach is reminiscent of Patrick Modiano, towards the end yet another unexplained layer enters that mixes the narratives in a more (Paul) Auster way.
I'm not even mad I accidentally bought the French audiobook first.
