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Title: Well worth a read
Review: Just to add a little more to Bookworm's excellent review, with the passage of time this book is likely to be difficult to obtain but it is worth hunting for.Charriere has been criticized for writing in the first person (perhaps not his fault but rather than that of his agent/translator) but Belbenoit's story is all his own. As a bit of trivia they were both on the same shipment from France (Belbenoit being returned) but I don't know if they knew each other.Another book covering this fascinating era is The Convict by Felix Milani.Dry Guillotine was issued as "I escaped from Devil's Island" and made into a film of the same name by the Corman Brothers. It was brought out quickly to capitalize on the publicity for Papillion. The movie usually gets a grade Z in reviews but really it is not that bad!
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