John Carlin

John Carlin (born 12 May 1956) is a journalist and author, dealing with both sports and politics. His book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation about former South African president Nelson Mandela is the basis for the 2009 film Invictus. Carlin was born to a Scottish father and Spanish mother, and spent the first three years of his life in North London, before moving to Buenos Aires, Argentina, due to his father's posting to the British Embassy. Having returned to England, he was educated at St George's College, Weybridge, and went on to gain an MA in English Language and Literature from Oxford University. Carlin began his journalistic career at the Buenos Aires Herald in 1981, writing about film, football...