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The Last King of Scotland is a novel by journalist Giles Foden, published by Faber and Faber in 1998. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel, which interweaves fiction and historical fact, is written as the memoir of a fictional Scottish doctor in Amin's employ.
- Giles Foden
- 1998
1 de jan. de 1998 · The Last King of Scotland is a fictional novel about Uganda and the rise and fall of Idi Amin as told through the eyes of the protagonist, Dr. Nicholas Garrison. Dr. Garrison comes from Scotland to Uganda to serve as a doctor in a medical clinic. Through happenstance, he works on Idi Amin after Amin was in a car accident.
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- Giles Foden
4 de set. de 2008 · Giles Foden's bestselling thriller is the story of a young Scottish doctor drawn into the heart of the Ugandan dictator's surreal and brutal regime. Privy to Amin's thoughts and ambitions, he is...
- Giles Foden
- Faber & Faber, 2008
- 0571246176, 9780571246175
- The Last King of Scotland
5 de ago. de 2021 · A vivid journey to the turbulent heart of 1970s Uganda, British journalist Foden's bracing first novel chronicles the strange career of a fictional Scottish physician, Nicholas Garrigan, who serves as the personal doctor and occasional confidante of dictator Idi Amin.
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- Giles Foden
10 de nov. de 1998 · A remarkable debut novel by British journalist Foden (The Guardian), who describes—in the best Conradian tones—an idealistic young physician’s descent into the maelstrom of Idi Amin’s Uganda. In a remote and wintry corner of Scotland, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan is trying to look back—through the snow piling up outside his window ...
- Kirkus Reviews
About The Last King of Scotland. 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 ...
5 de ago. de 2021 · Books. The Last King of Scotland. Giles Foden. Orion Publishing Group, Limited, Aug 5, 2021 - Fiction - 352 pages.
