| 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. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years， he was eventually sent to the notorious prison， Devil s Island， a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning， will， and endurance ever undertaken. Charrière s astonishing autobiography， Papillon， was published in France to instant acclaim in 1968， more than twenty years after his final escape. Since then， it has become a treasured classic -- the gripping， shocking， ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who would not be defeated. |
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