Playing the enemy : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation / John Carlin.
Author: Carlin, John, interviewer and writer.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
ISBN: 9781594201745
1594201749
Description: 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-
Springboks (Rugby team) History.
Political prisoners South Africa Biography.
Presidents South Africa Biography.
South Africa Politics and government 20th century.
Contents: Breakfast in Houghton -- The Minister of Justice -- Separate amenities -- Bagging the croc -- Different planets -- Ayatollah Mandela -- The tiger king -- The mask -- The bitter-enders -- Romancing the general -- "Address their hearts" -- The captain and the president -- Springbok Serenade -- Silvermine -- Doubting Thomases -- The number six jersey -- "Nelson! Nelson!" -- Blood in the throat -- Love thine enemy -- Where are they now?
