The Last King of Scotland (Vintage International )
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307279613 (0307279618)
Publish date: September 12th 2006
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Politics,
Contemporary,
Thriller
The book is author's debut and what a bang on!!! The book is a compilation of qualities: it's amazing, cruel, funny and brilliant- all of that in one place! When I started reading it I just couldn't put it down. The book itself blends the facts and fiction but still it is more fiction-like so do not...
The movie was better, I felt - although that was most likely down to Forest Whittiker's performance as the odious Idi Amin.The book was enjoyable and perhaps I'd have enjoyed it more had read it first. As it was, I was hoping for more of an incite to Amin - but the story revolved more around Garriga...
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