The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden

The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden

In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.

Giles Foden, who grew up in Africa, is the chief reviewer for the Guardian. In 1998 Foden won the prestigious Whitbread First Novel Award for The Last King of Scotland, which was followed in 1999 by Ladysmith and in 2002 with Zanzibar - books which, according to Alan Massie writing in the Scotsman, 'establish him as the most original and interesting novelist of his generation'.

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ISBN 13	9780571232888
ISBN 10	0571232884
Titre	The Last King of Scotland
Auteur	Giles Foden
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Faber & Faber
Année de publication	2007-01-18
Nombre de pages	352
Prix	Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 1998
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