This is a dark drama about a young scottish doctor in Uganda during Idi Amin's brutal regime, and the relationship he has with this dictator. This is a slow paced book, and the leading characters are well developed and have depth. This book is filled with descriptions, and all of them have a beautiful feeling of Africa and can be breathtaking. Idi Amin's personality is fascinating and contradictory, one of the most evil villains I've ever read. Nicholas Garrigan, the doctor, suffers an amazing, even if realistic, change during the book. The supporting characters aren't really good; Sara and Marina are clichéd and the later should have been cut from the story. The ending could have been better, but the fascinating leading characters, the beautiful, sometimes horrifying descriptions and the exotic feeling of this book make it worthy if you're looking for a character study or descriptive thriller. This is a good, even if flawed, first book.
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