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Pearson english readers level 3 last king of scotland. Dick stockley who is a british doctor who lives and works in kampala, uganda. His family moved to malawi in 1971 where he was brought up. I did almost nothing on my first day as idi amins doctor. At this point garrigan accepts the offer to become amins personal doctor in kampala.
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