Papillon. Hardback (1970) first translated edition. By Charriere, Henri.

Hardcover, good condition, name blacked out, ends tanned, dust jacket clipped, shelf/edge wear.

ISBN 9780246639875 / 0246639873 Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis , 1970

An immediate sensation upon its publication in 1969, Papillon is a vivid memoir of brutal penal colonies, daring prison breaks and heroic adventure on shark-infested seas. Condemned for a murder he did not commit, Henri Charriere, nicknamed 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 put into solitary confinement but his spirit remained untamed: over thirteen years he made nine incredible escapes, including from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

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