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

dark informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Surprisingly easy to read portrait of 1970s Uganda, increasingly brutalised by Idi Amin, its dictator. The narrator is Amin's doctor who, like so many others, 'goes along to get along' while aware of his own moral weakness in the face of Amin's actions and larger than life psychopathic personality.