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The last king of scotland of the title is none other than former ugandan dictator idi amin dada, the psychopath who ruled this african nation from 1971 to 1979. The last king of scotland audiobook, by giles foden. I watched the movie the last king of scotland many years ago and thought it was excellent. Giles fodens bestselling thriller is the story of a young scottish doctor drawn into the heart of the ugandan dictators surreal and brutal regime. In his extraordinary debut novel, the last king of scotland 1998, foden developed the story of a young scottish doctor, nicholas garrigan, who, having travelled to uganda in the early 1970s to work in a rural medical clinic, finds himself appointed as personal physician to the countrys notorious dictator idi amin. Between 1990 and 2006 he worked as a journalist on the times literary supplement and the guardian. The last king of scotland by giles foden goodreads. Buy the last king of scotland by giles foden from amazons fiction books store. The last king of scotland the last king of scotland audiobook, by giles foden. 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 amins employ. And as garrigan awakens to his patients baroque barbarismand his own complicity in itwe enter a. In the last king of scotland fodens amin is as ridiculous as he is abhorrent.
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