Powerful testimony from inside the abyss

Guantánamo Diary. By Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Edited by Larry Siems. Canongate, €19. Reviewed by Rob Doyle.

Detainees undergo processing at the detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Picture: Getty

Nothing is more symbolic of the painful disappointment of Barack Obama’s presidency than the continued existence of the detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Obama’s first act as president was to ...