The Last King of Scotland

Giles Foden (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2007 | Main - Film Tie In
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-23288-8 (ISBN)

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In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.

Giles Foden, who grew up in Africa, is the chief reviewer for the Guardian. In 1998 Foden won the prestigious Whitbread First Novel Award for The Last King of Scotland, which was followed in 1999 by Ladysmith and in 2002 with Zanzibar - books which, according to Alan Massie writing in the Scotsman, 'establish him as the most original and interesting novelist of his generation'.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.1.2007
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	126 x 198 mm
Gewicht	283 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-571-23288-4 / 0571232884
ISBN-13	978-0-571-23288-8 / 9780571232888
Zustand	Neuware