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The Last King of Scotland (Revolutionary Writers)

The Last King of Scotland (Revolutionary Writers)

by Giles Foden (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

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Synopsis

In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. 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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 17 Jun 2010
ISBN 10: 0571258212
ISBN 13: 9780571258215
Book Overview: The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden was the book about Idi Amin's Uganda which inspired the major motion picture, starring James McAvoy and Forest Whitaker.

Author Bio
Giles Foden was born in 1967 and spent his youth in Africa. Between 1990 and 2006 he worked as a journalist on the Times Literary Supplement and the Guardian. In 1998 he published The Last King of Scotland, which won the Whitbread First Novel Award and was later made into a feature film. The author of two other novels and also a work of narrative non-fiction, in 2007 he was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He lives in Norfolk.