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Perfect! This is a wonderful book! I love the author. Set in the west, I was immediately drawn in. Cather is brillant.

This book is incredible. It is the TRUE story of a prison break from a penal colony in French Guiana which was later made into a movie with Steve McQueen--another of my favorites. If you liked Shawshank, you'll love Papillon. Henri Charrier, called Papillon for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 for a murder he did not convict and was shipped off to French Guiana. It takes years and several failed attempts for Papillion to escape in this nail-biting story of amazing courage. The book has it all, sex (for a while Papillion has two Indian wives who are sisters), drugs and a little metaphorical rock and roll. I can't recommend it enough. Charriere wrote his autobiography in 1968, twenty years after he escaped.

Probably not really a five star, but just what I needed. I love Joe Pike. And Robert Crais is a very readable author. Straightforward, interesting plots, and unforgettable characters. The first five or six of the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels were wonderful, and this is up to those. My trio of reliable murder mystery authors - Lehane, Connelly, and now Crais. Three in a row in the last week or two. Lehane the darkest, Connelly the most variable (but always pretty good), and Crais, always a deft touch. The novels that lean on Elvis Cole are the lightest because of Elvis' wise-cracking, but I can't get enough of Joe Pike. Reading Crais is like drinking a "tall glass of cool water", with apologies to somebody...

good book.