Papillon [Movie Tie-In]

<p><strong>A modern classic of courage and excitement. --<em>The New Yorker</em></strong></p><p><strong>NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHARLIE HUNNAM AND RAMI MALEK</strong></p><p>Henri Charrière nicknamed 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: <em>escape</em>. 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.</p><p>Charrière's astonishing autobiography <em>Papillon</em> was first 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.</p>