A review by rlaurene
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden

4.0

The power of The Last King of Scotland essentially comes from the charisma of Idi Amin. Indeed, while the horrors of his presidency unfurl in the backdrop of Uganda, he bursts from the page. Perhaps not a likeable man in any sense of the word, but Foden is still able to simultaneously give him a power and a humaness (humanity seems to be the incorrect word in this case). The only fault I could find with this book is in its blunt style of writing that, as opposed to adding a sense of realism instead makes the text a bit clumsy and off-putting.