Papillon (nonfiction)

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Cover of Papillon by Henri Charrièr.

Papillon [papijɔ̃] is a memoir by convicted felon and fugitive Henri Charrière, first published in France in 1969.

It describes Charrière's escape from Devil's Island, part of the French penal colony in French Guiana.

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