Guantánamo Diary

Guantánamo Diary

By Mohamedou Ould Slahi
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“A vision of hell, beyond Orwell, beyond Kafka: perpetual torture prescribed by the mad doctors of Washington.”

John le Carré, #1 New York Times beselling author

A Literary Hub Pick of Best Memoirs of the Decade

A Shondaland Pick of Best Books Becoming Movies

An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantv°namo detainee.

Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantv°namo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to let him go.

Three years into his captivity Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody and daily life as a detainee. His diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir -- terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. Published now for the first time, Guantv°namo Diary is a document of immense historical importance.