Banco

Banco

Author(s): Henri Charrière

Location(s): Venezuela

Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs

Era(s): Second half 20th Century

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‘Banco’ continues the adventures of Henri Charriere – nicknamed Papillon – in Venezuela, where he has finally won his freedom after thirteen years of escape and imprisonment. Despite his resolve to become an honest man, Charriere is soon involved in hair-raising exploits with goldminers, gamblers, bank-robbers and revolutionaries – robbing and being robbed, his lust for life as strong as ever.

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For anyone craving more Papillon

Author: golondrine

If you read Papillon and it left you dying to know what happened to Charriere afterwards, here it is! This lesser-known sequel follows his subsequent life as a free man in Venezuela, a country he portrays with great affection....

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