{"product_id":"papillon","title":"Papillon","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A modern classic of courage and excitement.” —The New Yorker • The source for the iconic prison-escape film starring Steve McQueen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenri 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: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharrière's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A first-class adventure story.” — New York Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50925151551655,"sku":"9780060934798","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780060934798.jpg?v=1782844866","url":"https:\/\/rootsbookstore.com\/products\/papillon","provider":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}