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The Last King of Scotland
Book • 1998
The Last King of Scotland is a novel that interweaves fiction and historical fact to tell the story of Nicholas Garrigan, a young Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda on the day of the 1971 coup d'état.
Garrigan becomes the personal physician and confidant of Idi Amin, the brutal and charismatic dictator of Uganda.
The novel explores Garrigan's complex relationship with Amin, his gradual complicity in the regime's atrocities, and his eventual realization of the true extent of his involvement.
The book is a meditation on conscience, charisma, and the slow corruption of the human heart, set against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous periods in modern African history.
Garrigan becomes the personal physician and confidant of Idi Amin, the brutal and charismatic dictator of Uganda.
The novel explores Garrigan's complex relationship with Amin, his gradual complicity in the regime's atrocities, and his eventual realization of the true extent of his involvement.
The book is a meditation on conscience, charisma, and the slow corruption of the human heart, set against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous periods in modern African history.
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#1175 Idi Amin Comes Knocking
