- Published: 15 March 2014
- ISBN: 9780099572299
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- RRP: $27.99
The General
The ordinary man who challenged Guantanamo
- Published: 15 March 2014
- ISBN: 9780099572299
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- RRP: $27.99
Those who doubt that Guantanamo exemplifies American power in its violent, cruel and grossly single-minded abuse of humanity, should read this epic story of a truly brave man who survived, somehow, to tell the truth
John Pilger
A revelation. People need to read this book
Mark Haddon
An important book which provides a valuable insight into the mental and physical trauma suffered by those who were, and continue to be, detained in the living hell that is Guantanamo
Paddy McGuffin, Morning Star
Those who doubt Guantanamo exemplifies American power should read this epic story of a truly brave man who survived to tell the truth
John Pilger
This is not the first published account of life in Guantanamo, but it is perhaps the most moving
David Rose, Mail on Sunday
This book documents his honesty, courage and fortitude
New Internationalist
Anyone at all interested in the state of human rights or democracy in the 21st century should read this. It's a profoundly humane testimonial written by a person whose kindness and dignity uplift. His treatment at the hands of the US Administration beggars belief
Emma Thompson
Anyone at all interested in the state of human rights or democracy in the 21st century should read this. It's a profoundly humane testimonial written by a person whose kindness and dignity uplift. His treatment at the hands of the US Administration beggars belief. Read it to learn how, as America preaches "war" on terror, it simultaneously, and apparently without shame, practises the ultimate form of terror -- state-sponsored torture -- upon the innocent individual
Emma Thompson
One of the many things that you are left feeling by Errachidi’s account is that there is no such thing as an "ordinary man"; another is that his extraordinary story, with all its surreal and brutal twists, needed telling
Tim Adams, Observer
Remarkable... The General purports to be the story of just one man but this compelling read speaks for every innocent victim in the War on Terror, from the 3,000 murdered on 9/11 to the 30,000 Iraqi and Afghan civilians
Marco Giannangeli, Sunday Express
Both uplifting and terrifying
The Lady
An account of life in Guantanamo Bay is an unlikely place to turn for a lesson in happiness, but Ahmed Errachidi offers just that
Maggie Fergusson, Intelligent Life
This eloquent autobiographical novel challenges our ideas about the war on terror and teaches us about human bravery
Eve Commander, Big Issue
Gruesomely compelling
Herald
Well-written and at times moving description of one man's experience of secret prisons and Guantanamo before redemption
Cono Gearty, Literary Review
appalling... enthralling
Jonathan Sale, Independent