In the book, the relationship between Nicholas Garrigan and Amin is not as close as the movie. Garrigan is more indifferent than compassionate in the book, and is a controversial figure (again, his father is a domineering presbyterian pastor rather than a doctor
in the book ). In the book, the British intelligence agency is in Amin. The appointment of Garrigan as his personal doctor was tricky (in the movie this matter is relatively simple, the appointment of Garrigan is entirely out of Amin's own wishes)
Sarah Merrit (played by Gillian Anderson) is reflected in the film Three characters from the book (Joyce Merrit, Sara Zach and Marina Perkins). The minor characters in many other books did not appear in the movie at all.
In the movie, Garrigan’s colleague in the hospital is Dr. Thomas Djonjo, a Ugandan; in the book, his colleague is a Scot, Dr. Colin Paterson.
In the movie, Garrigan judges Amin's son Mackenzie to have epilepsy because of the symptoms of his illness. A scene with the same meaning in the book is that Garrigan takes a large Lego block from the nose of Amin's son Campbell.
In the movie, Amin's wife, Kay, became pregnant because of adultery with Garrigan. She was caught and killed before committing a miscarriage. In the book, Kay (she is a character far less important in the movie) did not have any fornication with Garrigan; her pregnancy was due to Peter Mbalu-Mukasa (the African doctor did not even appear in the movie), and Garrigan Refusing to perform an abortion operation for him, Kay and Peter were killed soon afterwards.
In the book and the movie, the British diplomat Stone has instructed Garrigan to poison Amin. But the difference is that in the movie, Garrigan was persuaded and executed a poisonous killing, which was later seen through by Amin. In the book, Garrigan did not do this (he even reported Amin what he was advised). Since Garrigan did not betray Amin, Amin did not let Garrigan be tortured to death like in the movie (even thinks that their friendship has lasted forever). ).
In the book, Garrigan did not escape into a hostage group in Enterbbe. He left Africa after the war in Uganda and Tanzania. When he returned to the United Kingdom, he was dishonorably slandered and pressured by the masses for being Amin's right and left hand and participating in his atrocities.
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