Garrigan meets Amin

This is the start of unfortunate events that seem to plague the rest of the book. Garrigan first meets Amin on the side of the road next to Amin's Mazaratti. Amin has just collided with a cow and Garrigan is the closest doctor available to bandage Amin's sprained hand. Soon after this Garrigan is invited to the presidents palace where he is offered to be Amin's personal physician. Amin immediately trusts Garrigan becasue he feels a certain tie to the Scots because he feels they share the same enemny, the British. Garrigan, ultimately accepts the job, after first refusing, he states because he feels he can not say no to Amin as the reason. After looking deeper into this, as it is one of the most important events in the book, I feel Garrigan in happy to take the job mostly because it is a much better life than the one he has been living in Mbarara. Garrigan fails, to see the danger of his decision, and only focuses on the benefits.