An immediate sensation upon its publication in 1969 Papillon is a vivid memoir of brutal penal colonies daring prison breaks & 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 & 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 Isl&. This edition of Papillon one of the greatest adventure stories ever told
Includes:: an exclusive new essay by Howard Marks.