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Trevor Noah

Born A Crime : Stories from a South African Childhood Paperback Book

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At a Glance
Hilarious life memoir
Glimpse into apartheid era
Candid coming-of-age story
Brilliant comedy writing
Poignant personal narrative
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WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZEThe compelling, inspiring, (often comic) comingofage story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.One of the comedy worlds brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a lightfooted but sharpminded observer of the absurdities of politics, race and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth of experience acquired in his relatively young life. As host of the US hit show The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, he provides viewers around the globe with their nightly dose of biting satire, but here Noah turns his focus inward, giving readers a deeply personal, heartfelt and humorous look at the world that shaped him. Noah was born a crime, son of a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the first years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, take him away.A collection of eighteen personal stories, Born a Crime tells the story of a mischievous young boy growing into a restless young man as he struggles to find his place in a world where he was never supposed to exist. Born a Crime is equally the story of that young mans fearless, rebellious and fervently religious mother a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence and...

SKU: M9781473635302
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Binding: Paperback;215 pages; Publisher: Hachette UK Distribution; Classification: BGFA; Weight: 338 g; Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 21

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