{"product_id":"mandela-and-the-general-9780874868203","title":"Mandela and the General","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this thrilling graphic novel, from the journalist that Nelson Mandela called, \"very courageous,\" readers will not only learn about Nelson Mandela's fight for South Africa's democracy, but the enemy that threatened it. \u003c\/b\u003e\"Carlin 'gets' Mandela. [...] Masterful storytelling!\"-- \u003cb\u003eMorgan Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"Intense.\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \"Fascinating.\" \u003cb\u003e-- Library Journal, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eNelson Mandela's fight against racism is about to spiral into an all-out race war. Unless he can win over his archenemy, the white supremacist General Viljoen, the democratic struggle for equality and justice in South Africa will end in \"the peace of graveyards.\" As the first post-apartheid elections approach in 1994, with South African blacks poised to take power, the nation's whites fear reprisal. White nationalist militias claiming 50,000 well-armed former soldiers stand ready to fight to the death to defend their cause. They need someone who can lead and unite them. That man is General Constand Viljoen, former chief of apartheid South Africa's military. \u003cb\u003eMandela knows that he can't\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e avert a bloodbath on his own. \u003c\/b\u003eHe will have to count on his archenemy. Throughout those historic months, the two men meet in secret. Can they trust each other? Can they keep their followers and radical fringe elements from acts of violence? The mettle of these two men will determine the future of a nation. The drama of this contest and the history that pivoted on it comes vividly to life in visual form. Veteran British journalist John Carlin teams up with Catalan artist Oriol Malet to create \u003cb\u003ea historically and artistically rich graphic novel\u003c\/b\u003e with obvious relevance to today's polarized politics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalet, Oriol:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eOriol Malet, \u003c\/b\u003e a professional illustrator and musician, trained at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eLa Vanguardia, Jot Down, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime Out.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarlin, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBritish journalist John Carlin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eKnowing Mandela\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlaying the Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e, which became the Clint Eastwood film \u003ci\u003eInvictus\u003c\/i\u003e with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eChase Your Shadow: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius; Rafa: My Story, \u003c\/i\u003e with Raphael Nadal; and \u003ci\u003eWhite Angels: Beckham, Real Madrid, and the New Football.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Carlin was South Africa bureau chief for the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e from 1989 to 1995. In a 1998 interview, Nelson Mandela said of Carlin's journalism: \"What you wrote and the way in which you carried out your task in this country was absolutely magnificent...it was absolutely inspiring. You have been very courageous, saying things which many journalists would never say.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarlin has also written for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, New York Times, Times of London, Financial Times, Toronto Star, El Pais, Daily Telegraph, Observer; New Statesman, Wired, Spin, Conde Nast Traveler, Punch, New Statesman, New Republic, Time, \u003c\/i\u003e and has reported for BBC, ABC, PBS, and CBS.","brand":"Plough Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503986020626,"sku":"9780874868203","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c2bb6661-2ef2-4cc3-9eb2-3f864ba9127d.jpg?v=1730807465","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mandela-and-the-general-9780874868203","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}