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OverviewShortly 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Giles FodenPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House Inc Dimensions: Width: 13.10cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.289kg ISBN: 9780375703317ISBN 10: 0375703314 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 26 October 1999 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsGenuinely beautiful and disturbing. -- The Village Voice <br> This decidedly quirky yet absorbing first novel--that brings to mind the diabolical Evelyn Waugh. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Genuinely beautiful and disturbing. --The Village Voice This decidedly quirky yet absorbing first novel--that brings to mind the diabolical Evelyn Waugh. --Los Angeles Times Book Review Author InformationGiles Foden lives in London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |