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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10052550902X
ISBN-139780525509028
eBay Product ID (ePID)11060715334
Product Key Features
Book TitleBorn a Crime : Stories from a South African Childhood
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicCultural Heritage, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, Parenting / Motherhood, Comedy, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Form / Essays
GenreFamily & Relationships, Performing Arts, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Humor, History
AuthorTrevor Noah
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight8.5 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal791.4502/8092 B
SynopsisTrevor Noah, host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, is one of the comedy's brightest voices. A light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race, and identity, his jokes and insights draw from the wealth of experience acquired in his relatively young life. 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, the 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. Born a Crime tells the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. These interwoven stories are equally the story of Trevor's fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother--a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that ultimately threatens her own life. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with wit and honesty. His stories weave together to depict a lovable delinquent making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother's unconventional, unconditional love.