{"product_id":"9780007383122_papillon-harper-perennial-modern-classics","title":"Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure – a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charrière (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…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePapillon is filled with tension, adventure and high excitement. It is also one of the most vivid stories of human endurance ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenri Charrière died in 1973 at the age of 66.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henri Charriere","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284791836821,"sku":"9780007383122","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007383122.jpg?v=1776992142","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007383122_papillon-harper-perennial-modern-classics","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}