The Last King of Scotland...

I don't think that I have ever written a book review.  Well now that I think about it as I write this I think I probably wrote at least one during school. 

I finally finished the Last King of Scotland I was really captivated by it.  There is something about reading books and stories about things that happened when I was younger or during the immediate years before my birth that really interests me.  The feeling of captivation was similar to that which I felt when I read And the Band Played On, but that was even more so because that was so close to home.  In any case I think the charismatic yet disturbing portrayal of Idi Amin was what made the book so hard to put down.  Here I am in a new city on a Sunday morning and I wanted to stay in and read, but that's another post.  One of the points that they is given a great deal of attention throughout the story is the fact that the reason the protagonist of the story stuck with Amin for so long was because he was taken in by this incredibly engaging yet twisted person.  I think that the author did a good job of translating that to the reader, because I felt the same way.  At the same time I still felt like to some extent the author let the Dr. Garrigan's situation drag on a bit, because after a while I was thinking fine he is probably scared, but still he needs to face the wall that he has built himself into.  Overall though I think the biggest attraction to read the book and I imagine subsequently see the movie is to glimpse arguably one of history's most unusual leaders (if he can really be termed that). 

This "review" turned out to be shorter than anticipated because I left midway through writing it, experienced Lima by day, took photos, etc.  Now I want to upload them and blog.  I haven't figured out how to load photos into the blog and write about them in one post so you will have to deal with the photos being on Ofoto.  Sorry I'm too lazy to learn.