Foden, Giles

Under siege for 120 days during the Boer War, the inhabitants of a South African town go to pieces in this historical novel inspired by letters written by the author's great-grandfather, a British trooper in the war.

Nicholas Garrigan is surprised and flattered when Idi Amin requests that Nicholas be his personal physician, but Nicholas soon realizes that he has been drawn into Idi's web of hatred and brutality, forcing him to turn his back on his family and his native country, Scotland.