Laurent Binet

An astonishing, unforgettable novel—a thrilling Second World War assassination plot told with rare literary brilliance. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Two men have been enlisted to kill the head of the Gestapo. This is Operation Anthropoid, Prague, 1942—two Czechoslovakian parachutists sent on a daring mission by London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, the chief of the Nazi secret services, known as 'the hangman...

A brilliant reinvention of the detective novel, set in Renaissance Florence and packed with art, scandal, murder and scheming - from the author of the international bestseller HHhH. Florence, New Year's Day 1557. As dawn breaks, a painter is discovered lying on the floor of a church, stabbed through the heart. Above him, the paintings he laboured over for more...

Art, scandal, and murder in Renaissance Florence as a great art historian is charged to investigate the murder of a painter - from the author of the international bestseller HHhH. 'There is no living writer whose new books I fall on with greater delight than Laurent Binet. . . Perspectives is a proper treat' Naomi Alderman 'A dazzling romp' Guardian...