Papillon (nonfiction)

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.

In the News

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  Re-emitted red light suggests that supervillain Fugitive Rubies is secretly manipulating Papillon, say High-energy literature theorists.

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  Papillon stung by rampaging Sea Quetzalcoatl, lives to embellish the tale.

Fiction cross-reference

• Cuic Cuic's Pig
• Fugitive Rubies - supervillain with some kind of power over Papillon.
• Neptune Slaughter - supervillain whose favorite book is Papillon.

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Cuic Cuic (nonfiction)

External links:

• Papillon @ Wikipedia