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| | Barnes & Noble.com - DVD, Movie, Video: Papillon, Steve McQueen, DVD, Letterbox / Dolby 5.1 |
 | | The book (translated from the French by Aubrey-Maturin novelist Patrick O'Brian) was exciting, exotic, and for most readers, the first close-up look ever at the notorious French penal system in the Guianas. |
 | | The Papillon in the book was clearly a rogue who loved a good time, laughed a lot, and could get tough, but McQueen, although charsimatic in his own way, just isn't that guy and I never believe him for a minute. |
 | | Shortly after the first book was published, Henri Charriere, the real Papillon, was accused of misrepresentation and fraud by French researchers, but few cared because the book was so enjoyable, fact or fiction. |
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