Fair Used.Henri Charriere, Born In 1906, Charged With A Murder He Did Not Commit, Was Sentenced In 1931 To Transportation To The Penal Settlements In French Guiana And Imprisonment For Life Without Hope Of Remission. This Book Is An Account Of His Astonishing Escapes From An Organization That Was Nevertheless Accustomed To Holding On To Thousands Of Very Tough And Determined Men, And Of The Adventures That Were The Consequences Of His Escapes. 560 + 285pp. 2 Books in one.