Mandela and the General

author: John Carlin
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2020/07/13
date added: 2020/07/13
shelves: graphic-novels, non-fiction
review:
'Mandela and the General' by John Carlin with art by Oriol Malet is a graphic novel about Mandela's fight for a peaceful government transition.

When Mandela was released from prison, it was in to a very chaotic country. There were outbreaks of violence and deaths. It could have spiraled in to and open war with who knows how many casualties. Mandela found the one man in the opposition he could talk to and scheduled a series of secret meetings. That man was the white supremacist General Viljoen.

This was a pretty fascinating story. I had heard glimpses of it, but enjoyed reading this account of it. The art is pretty great too, especially when it goes in to full page drawings with the country of South Africa as a character's shadow.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Plough Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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