Friday, or, The Other Island "Araucanian" whom he names as Friday. Because of the deep change that happens in Crusoe during the stay, he finally does not want to return from the island, while Friday does. Friday, or, The Other Island Friday, or, The Other Island () is a 1967 novel by French writer Michel Tournier. It retells Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe". The first edition of the book was published 15 March 1967. It won that year's Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. In 1971, Tournier rewrote the book, adapting it for younger readers, under the title "Vendredi ou la Vie sauvage". The young
Island (Huxley novel) Beatles' Real-Life Dr. Robert Had the Feel-Good Cure for Celebs" (4 September 2009), "Spinner"'s James Sullivan considers candidates for the real "Doctor Robert" referred to in the eponymous song on The Beatles' "Revolver" album: "The more literate among them might have suspected that 'Dr. Robert' came from a character of the same name in the last novel of noted LSD advocate Aldous Huxley." English band Friendly Fires named their second album and the track 'Pala', after the name of the island in the book. Island (Huxley novel) Island is the final book by English writer Aldous Huxley, published in 1962.