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Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
John Carlin
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Description for Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
Paperback. Carlin pens this thrilling, inspiring account of one of the greatest charm offensives in history--Nelson Mandela's decade-long campaign to unite his country, beginning in his jail cell and ending with a rugby tournament. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1x 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; WSB; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288. Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made the Nation. 288 pages, 1x 8pp b/w plate section. Carlin pens this thrilling, inspiring account of one of the greatest charm offensives in history--Nelson Mandela's decade-long campaign to unite his country, beginning in his jail cell and ending with a rugby tournament. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; WSB; WSJF1. Dimension: 200 x 127 x 23. Weight: 286.
Now filmed as INVICTUS directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2008
As the day of the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup dawned, and the Springboks faced New Zealand's all-conquering All Blacks, more was at stake than a sporting trophy. When Nelson Mandela appeared wearing a Springboks jersey and led the all-white Afrikaner-dominated team in singing South Africa's new national anthem, he conquered the hearts of white South Africa.
Playing the Enemy tells the extraordinary human ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848876590
SKU
V9781848876590
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About John Carlin
John Carlin grew up in Argentina and in the UK and spent 1989-95 in South Africa as the Independent's correspondent there. He has also lived in Nicaragua, Mexico and Washington, writing for The Times, the Observer, the Sunday Times, the New York Times, among other papers, and working for the BBC. He now lives in Barcelona, where he writes for ... Read more
Reviews for Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
Wonderful... Don't wait for the movie.
New York Times
A triumphant conversion... A portrait of South Africa's answer to George Washington... [It] works because Carlin got so close to Mandela and the people Mandela seduced.
Simon Kuper
Financial Times
Revelatory... A tight, gripping and powerful book that shines a light on a moment of hope, ... Read more
New York Times
A triumphant conversion... A portrait of South Africa's answer to George Washington... [It] works because Carlin got so close to Mandela and the people Mandela seduced.
Simon Kuper
Financial Times
Revelatory... A tight, gripping and powerful book that shines a light on a moment of hope, ... Read more