GILES FODEN

He is the sickness and you maintain that sickness.Idi Amin is the self-declared President of Uganda. When Scottish medic Nicholas Garrigan becomes his personal physician, he is catapulted into Amins inner circle. A useful asset for the British Secret Service, is Garrigan the man on the inside, or does he have blood on his hands too?Giles Fodens multi-award-winning novel The Last King of Scotland is an electrifying thriller about corruption and complicity. This stage adaptation by Steve Waters premiered at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, in September 2019, directed by Gbolahan Obisesan.

In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.

Wallace Ryman has devised a system that comprehends all of this but he is a reclusive pacifist who stubbornly refuses to divulge his secrets. Mark Latchford, a young maths prodigy from the Met Office, is sent to Scotland to discover Rymans system and apply it to the Normandy landings. But turbulence proves more elusive than anyone could have imagined and events, like the weather, begin to spiral out of control.

Every new novel by Giles Foden is something to celebrate my hand leaps to the shelf PAUL THEROUX The most original and interesting novelist of his generation ALLAN MASSIE SCOTSMAN 2039 the Skeleton Coast of Namibia 160 000 kilometres square of ocean crashed desert littered with bones shipwrecks and shattered dreams Cat Brosnan a young scientist has just arrived aiming to track down a much needed water source believed to lie hidden within this vast and hostile landscape Six years before the search for that same fabled aquifer had led Cat s own mother to abandon her daughter in Ireland never to be heard of again Now Cat is ready to find out what happened to her mother to succeed where she failed and finally discover the whereabouts of a freshwater reserve hidden under sand and rock But she s not the only one looking for the aquifer mining corporations want it foreign governments too never mind all those others who need it just to survive In a world of sand sun and water wars the aquifer begins to seem like a fantasy Cat s quest for it a mission to find her own true self

But is it even possible to predict the weather so far ahead? And what is the relationship between predictability and turbulence, one of the last great mysteries of modern physics?

1996: in a Ugandan dive bar, the 'freight dogs' gather. An anarchic group of mercenary pilots from Texas, Russia, Kenya and Belgium who transport weapons between warring African nations, without allegiance. And tonight they have a new recruit - Manu, a 19-year-old cowherd fleeing Congo's bloody war.Taken in by this band of unlikely brothers, he's soon seeing his vast country from above and falling in love with flying. But no matter how fast he flies, trouble follows closely behind. And when the past erupts back into this new life, Manu is forced to leave behind African skies for the chilly embrace of northern Europe.Will Manu be able to reinvent himself yet again? And is Belgian volcanologist Anke Desseaux the answer to his problems - or simply another one of them?From the writer of The Last King of Scotland comes an unforgettable story of survival - about how to live and love after trauma, set against a backdrop of world-shaking conflict.

En 1998, Giles Foden se trouve à Dar Es-Salaam (Tanzanie) lorsqu'une bombe détruit l'ambassade des États-Unis. L'attentat est attribué à une mystérieuse organisation, AI-Qaida. D'autres attaques suivront. Foden décide d'enquêter et d'en faire le sujet d'un roman où se croisent les destinées de cinq personnages : quatre figures fictives et une réelle, celle d'Ousama ben Laden, chef du réseau terroriste. Il n'a pas achevé de l'écrire quand Al-Qaida frappe à nouveau, le 11 septembre 2001, et pulvérise les Twin Towers. Giles Foden sait désormais qu'il ne s'est pas trompé. Et que le livre qu'il est en train d'écrire est peut-être le premier thriller du XXIe siècle.

The year is 1998. Nick, a marine biologist, is working on coral reef protection off the idyllic island of Zanzibar. While on a trip to nearby Tanzania he meets Miranda, who works in the US embassy there. They could be forgiven for thinking they are living in paradise - until they find themselves embroiled in a desperate terrorist conspiracy. Pacy, exotic and very, very topical, ZANZIBAR is storytelling at its finest.