num_pages: 345
description: What would it be like to become Idi Amin's personal physician?Giles Foden's bestselling thriller is the story of a young Scottish doctor drawn into the heart of the Ugandan dictator's surreal and brutal regime. Privy to Amin's thoughts and ambitions, he is both fascinated and appalled. As Uganda plunges into civil chaos he realises that action is imperative - but which way should he jump?
language: English
title: The Last King of Scotland
titlecomplete: The Last King of Scotland
characters: Idi Amin
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Thriller, Uganda, Audiobook, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 3982
places: Uganda
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Whitbread Award
category: First Novel, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Somerset Maugham Award, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd