Papillon Pb

By - Charrière, Henri,

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Harper Perennial, London, 2005

ISBN 10 - 0007179960

ISBN 13 - 9780007179961

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Prisoners

Shelf No - 19

Call Number - 365.6092 CHA

Physical Description - 560 pages ; 20 cm

Book Information

Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. 42 days after his arrival he made his first break for freedom. Recaptured, he was sent to Devil's Island, a hell-hole of disease & brutality. In 13 years he made nine daring escapes. This translation originally published.

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