The Last King of Scotland

Giles Foden

This book has President Idi Amin of Uganda on the cover: he claimed to be the last King of Scotland. The narrator is a doctor and becomes Idi Amin's personal doctor. There is more than enough medical detail for this reader. This book won the 1998 Whitbread First Novel award, and it's OK.
Seán 25/03/01

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