On August 10, 2009, the Andaman Islands were hit by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurring below the Indian Ocean.
In which novel does this remote group of islands, or rather the penal colony once located there, figure as the backdrop of one or more characters' history?
a. Gould's Book of Fish (Richard Flanagan)
b. Papillon (Henri Charrière)
c. The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
d. Desolation Island (Patrick O'Brian)
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In which novel does this remote group of islands, or rather the penal colony once located there, figure as the backdrop of one or more characters' history?
a. Gould's Book of Fish (Richard Flanagan)
b. Papillon (Henri Charrière)
c. The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
d. Desolation Island (Patrick O'Brian)
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Henri Charrière
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born
November 16, 1906
died
July 29, 1973
gender
male
place of birth
Ardèche, France
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Henri Charrière was a convicted felon known as the author of Papillon, a memoir of his incarceration in a penal colony on French Guiana.
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Papillon by Henri Charrière avg rating 4.12 — 1,574 ratings — published 1970 38 editions |
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Banco the Further Adventures of Papillon by Henri Charrière avg rating 3.52 — 124 ratings — published 1973 11 editions |
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Papillon Revansch! by Henri Charrière avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1973 |
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Charta of the United Nations 1/2. by Henri Charrière avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002 |
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Easy Readers - French - Level 1 by Henri Charrière avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006 |
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