Papillon by Henri Charrière
Papillon

Henri Charrière

458 pages first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
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Henri Charrière, called "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...

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