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Giles Foden was born in England in 1967 and grew up in Africa. The author of three novels, he works on the books pages of The Guardian. In 1998 he won the Whitbread First Novel Award and a Somerset Maugham Award.
Giles Foden’s The Last King of Scotland and Ladysmith are available in Vintage paperback.
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The Last King of Scotland
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 26, 1999
Price: $14.00
Shortly after his arrival in Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan is called to the scene of a bizarre accident: Idi Amin, careening down a dirt road in his red Maserati, has run over a cow. When Garrigan tends to Amin, the dictator, in his obsession for all things Scottish, appoints him... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 26, 1999
Price: $14.00
Shortly after his arrival in Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan is called to the scene of a bizarre accident: Idi Amin, careening down a dirt road in his red Maserati, has run over a cow. When Garrigan tends to Amin, the dictator, in his obsession for all things Scottish, appoints him... Read more >
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Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $14.95
When the First World War breaks out, the British navy is committed to engaging the enemy wherever there is water to float a ship—even if the body of water in question is a remote African lake and the enemy an intimidating fleet of German steamers. The leader of this improbable mission... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $14.95
When the First World War breaks out, the British navy is committed to engaging the enemy wherever there is water to float a ship—even if the body of water in question is a remote African lake and the enemy an intimidating fleet of German steamers. The leader of this improbable mission... Read more >
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Ladysmith
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2001
Price: $13.00
From the author of the Whitbread Award—winning The Last King of Scotland, comes a spellbinding tale of a town under siege in colonial Africa and a young woman who finds love and freedom in the midst of a devastating war.
The year is 1899, and the South African town of Ladysmith is... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2001
Price: $13.00
From the author of the Whitbread Award—winning The Last King of Scotland, comes a spellbinding tale of a town under siege in colonial Africa and a young woman who finds love and freedom in the midst of a devastating war.
The year is 1899, and the South African town of Ladysmith is... Read more >
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