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The Last King of Scotland

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Shortly after his arrival in Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan is called to the scene of a bizarre accident: Idi Amin, careening down a dirt road in his red Maserati, has run over a cow. When Garrigan tends to Amin, the dictator, in his obsession for all things Scottish, appoints him as his personal physician. And so begins a fateful dalliance with the central African leader whose Emperor Jones-style autocracy would transform into a reign of terror.

In The Last King of Scotland, Foden's Amin is as ridiculous as he is abhorrent: a grown man who must be burped like an infant, a self-proclaimed cannibalist who, at the end of his 8 years in power, would be responsible for 300,000 deaths. And as Garrigan awakens to his patient's baroque barbarism — and his own complicity in it — we enter a venturesome meditation on conscience, charisma, and the slow corruption of the human heart.

Brilliantly written, comic and profound, The Last King of Scotland announces a major new talent.

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"This [is a] decidedly quirky yet absorbing first novel — that brings to mind the diabolical Evelyn Waugh." Los Angeles Times Book Review

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"Genuinely beautiful and disturbing." The Village Voice

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The story, both comic and chilling, of Idi Amin's effect on the life of the Scottish civil servant, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan, who — after reluctantly becoming Amin's personal physician — is all too quickly seduced by his brilliance and charm.
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Giles Foden lives in London.
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JLH3179, July 30, 2010 (view all comments by JLH3179)
What a phenomenal book. It demonstrated the horror and absurdity of Idi Amin's rule in Uganda. Although it is a work of fiction, it is all the more fascinating because of the truth behind it. Beautifully written and a must-read.
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9780375703317
Author:
Foden, Giles
Publisher:
Vintage Books
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General
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Literary
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Historical
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Fiction
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History
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Physicians
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Uganda
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Adventure stories
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Amin, Idi,
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Vintage International
Publication Date:
19991031
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English
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352
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7.98x5.22x.77 in. .67 lbs.
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Product details 352 pages Vintage Books USA - English 9780375703317 Reviews:
"Review" by , "This [is a] decidedly quirky yet absorbing first novel — that brings to mind the diabolical Evelyn Waugh."
"Review" by , "Genuinely beautiful and disturbing."
"Synopsis" by , The story, both comic and chilling, of Idi Amin's effect on the life of the Scottish civil servant, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan, who — after reluctantly becoming Amin's personal physician — is all too quickly seduced by his brilliance and charm.
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