by Giles Foden · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780375703317
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«The Last King of Scotland» is Giles Foden's historical novel, published by Vintage in paperback (352 pages, in English).
A young Scottish doctor newly arrived in Uganda ends up as Idi Amin's personal physician after treating him in an accident. Fascinated by the dictator's charisma, he soon witnesses the arbitrariness and violence of his regime, while his complicity grows. The novel explores absolute power, seduction, and the corruption of conscience.
Winner of the Whitbread Award for First Novel and the Somerset Maugham Award; it was adapted into a film.
For readers of historical fiction and political fiction interested in Africa and the dynamics of dictatorial power.
Giles Foden is an English author, best known for his novel The Last King of Scotland (1998).
