HHhHAn astonishing, unforgettable novela 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, 1942two Czechoslovakian parachutists sent on a daring mission by London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, the chief of the Nazi secret services, known as 'the hangman of Prague', 'the blond beast', and 'the