This chilling testimony from a Guantanamo Bay inmate lays bare the shocking torture techniques and disturbing practices carried out in the name of the War on Terror on people later fully exonerated.
Previously published as Guantanamo Diary, this momentous account and international bestseller is soon to be a major motion picture
The first and only diary written by a Guantanamo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previously censored material restored.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay in 2002.
There he suffered the worst of what the prison had to offer, including months of sensory deprivation, torture and sexual assault.
In October 2016 he was released without charge.
This is his extraordinary story, as inspiring as it is enraging.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781838854171
Number of pages: 464
Weight: 308 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 28 mm
Edition: Tie-In - Film tie-in
A vision of hell, beyond Orwell, beyond Kafka - JOHN LE CARRÉ
An extraordinary account . . . the global war on terror has found in a Mauritanian captive its true and complete witness - Guardian
Unnerving yet ultimately magnificent . . . there is something special about Guantánamo Diary that lifts it from human rights polemic to the realm of literary magic - Sunday Times
The work is a kind of dark masterpiece, a sometimes unbearable epic of pain, anguish and bitter humour - New York Times
Heartbreaking . . . there has never been a book quite like this . . . extraordinary and overwhelming - New Statesman
This Guantánamo detainee's harrowing memoir is a tremendous achievement - and a grave warning against ignoring the rule of law - Observer
This is a necessary book. It reminds us that the evil we're fighting can be found in ourselves as well as our enemies - Daily Telegraph
A sobering, often chilling, read. Slahi's story deserves to be widely read - Independent
Slahi's book offers a reminders that the struggles we face in these difficult times involve real individuals, not faceless creatures who are to be characterised as members as one or other hated group. That he has resorted to words, the mightiest of weapons, even as his incarceration continues, makes his experience all the more relevant today - Financial Times
A harrowing account of [Mohamedou Ould Slahi's] detention, interrogation, and abuse . . . One of the most stubborn, deliberate and cruel Guantánamo interrogations on record - Slate
A good read, thoroughly enjoyed and found it to be quite a page turner.
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