Guantánamo Diary

by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Edited by Larry Siems Little, Brown and Company, hardcover 2014 SKU: 9780316328685   Guantánamo Diary, by Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Little, Brown; January 20, 2015; ISBN: 9780316328685; Price: $29.00 hardcover), is the remarkable account of imprisonment, torture, and day-to-day human interactions in the world’s most infamous prison. Slahi’s is the first and only public account written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. The memoir offers a unique and vital new perspective on American policy, and also forms the basis of an international campaign to free its author.Guantánamo Diary is being published simultaneously around the world—with rights sold in 17 other territories— on January 20, 2015, accompanied by a storm of global publicity and a series of live events to raise awareness for the ongoing campaign for Slahi’s release.Since 2002, Slahi has been imprisoned at Guantánamo. The United States has never charged him with any crime. Although a federal jud