Preowned copy of "PAPILLON" by Henri Charriere in perfect condition! PAPILLON by Henri Charriere is a Harper Perennial Modern Classic book -- soft cover. Translated to english in 1970. Published in 2006.   Henri Charriere, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tatoo 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. Charriere's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was published in France to instant acclaim in 1968, more than 20 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. Born in 1906, and imprisoned in 1931, Henri Charriere finally escaped in 1945 to Venezuela, where he married, settled in Caracas, and opened a restaurant. He died in 1973.