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Playing the Enemy

Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

by John Carlin
Gideon Emery
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Acclaimed journalist John Carlin provides a revealing look at the persuasive genius of Nelson Mandela. In a bold attempt to transcend old hatreds and unite a hopelessly polarized nation, President Mandela lays the groundwork for a miraculous metamorphosis during the 1995 Rugby World Cup at Cape Town. "[An] excellent book of redemption and forgiveness."-Publishers Weekly

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  • Release date

    October 15, 2008

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781456108441
      • File size: 265470 KB
      • Duration: 09:13:03

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      John Carlin gives an inspirational history of Nelson Mandela's rise and the end of apartheid in South Africa, focusing on a key rugby World Cup match early in Mandela's presidency. Gideon Emery's narration is vigorous, clear, and well paced, as energetic as a sportscast, but he could have better modulated its intensity and dynamics. The heightened tone at times becomes tiring. He has only two variants from his normal voice to indicate other speakers so that nearly everyone sounds the same--gruff. However, due to his South African background, he can provide Boer accents and pronounce African and Boer words and names correctly, a very strong plus. Overall, a stirring reading of a stirring book. W.M. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 2, 2008
      Carlin offers the final dramatic chapters of how then president Nelson Mandela and his wily strategy of using a sporting event—the Sprinkboks rugby team in the 1995 World Cup—to mend South Africa. Carlin, a senior international writer for El País
      , quotes Mandela: “Sports has the power to change the world.... It is more powerful than government in breaking down racial barriers.” After giving an informed capsule history of apartheid’s bitter legacy and Mandela’s noble stature as a leader, the scene is set for the influential rugby match between the solid New Zealand team and the scrappy South African squad in the finals of the World Cup, with 43 million blacks and whites awaiting the outcome. All of the cast in Afrikaner lore are here—Botha, DeKlerk, Bernard, Viljeon—as they match wits with Mandela. Carlin concludes this excellent book of redemption and forgiveness with chapters that depict how a divided country can be elevated beyond hate and malice to pride and healing.

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