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"A modern classic of courage and excitement." --The New Yorker
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture Starring Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek
Henri Charri re, nicknamed "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken.
Charri re's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was first published in France to instant acclaim in 1968, more than twenty years after his final escape. Since then, it has become a treasured classic--the gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who would not be defeated.
"A first-class adventure story." -- New York Review of Books
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Charriere, Henri
- ISBN: 9780061120664
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.04 x 0.99
- Number Of Pages: 576
- Publication Year: 2006
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Papillon is an exciting book of a convict in the French penal system.
Patty G. - 5 years 2 months agoI love this book! You feel like you’re in the prisons, or on the island, diving for pearls. It’s sometimes horrifying but the author tells it like it was in the French penal system. I highly recommend this book, especially if you like true stories. Way better than the movie! #SpringPicks