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Banco - The Further Adventures of Papillon (Paperback, New Ed): Henri Charriere Banco - The Further Adventures of Papillon (Paperback, New Ed)
Henri Charriere
R267 R213 Discovery Miles 2 130 Save R54 (20%) In Stock

The sensational sequel to 'Papillon'. 'Banco' continues the adventures of Henri Charriere - nicknamed Papillon - in Venezuela, where he has finally won his freedom after thirteen years of escape and imprisonment. Despite his resolve to become an honest man, Charriere is soon involved in hair-raiding exploits with goldminers, gamblers, bank-robbers and revolutionaries - robbing and being robbed, his lust for life as strong as ever. He also runs night clubs in Caracas until an earthquake ruins him in 1967 - when he decides to write the book that brings his international fame.

Papillon [Movie Tie-In] (Paperback): Henri Charriere Papillon [Movie Tie-In] (Paperback)
Henri Charriere 1
R474 R405 Discovery Miles 4 050 Save R69 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Papillon (Paperback): Henri Charriere Papillon (Paperback)
Henri Charriere 1
R526 R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Save R76 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Henri Charriere, 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.

Charriere'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.

Papillon (Paperback, New ed): Henri Charriere Papillon (Paperback, New ed)
Henri Charriere; Translated by Patrick O'Brian
R311 R242 Discovery Miles 2 420 Save R69 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure -- a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s. Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana.

Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat. Recaptured, he went into solitary confinement and was sent eventually to Devil's Island, a hell-hole of disease and brutality. No one had ever escaped from this notorious prison -- no one until Papillon took to the shark-infested sea supported only by a makeshift coconut-sack raft. In thirteen years he made nine daring escapes, living through many fantastic adventures while on the run -- including a sojourn with South American Indians whose women Papillon found welcomely free of European restraints!

Papillon is filled with tension, adventure and high excitement. It is also one of the most vivid stories of human endurance ever written. Henri Charriere died in 1973 at the age of 66.

Papillon (Spanish Edition) (Spanish, Paperback): Henri Charriere Papillon (Spanish Edition) (Spanish, Paperback)
Henri Charriere
R467 R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Save R63 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Papillon (French, Paperback): Henri Charriere Papillon (French, Paperback)
Henri Charriere
R339 R311 Discovery Miles 3 110 Save R28 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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