Papillon by Henri Charrière

576 pages first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
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Condemned for a murder he did not commit, Papillon was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break for freedom, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat. He was recaptured and pu...

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