A review by john_rileys_ghost
Papillon by Henri Charrière

4.0

Despite being largely ripped off from Clement Duval, this story was fascinating and a great read. Would highly recommend to anyone, basically an action-novel about escaping from prison. Despite all of the main character's talk of desiring to return to a normal life accepted by society, I heard that there is another book of his memoirs from after his final cavale where he resumes his life as a criminal...