Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
of Trevor Noah
Description
The memoir of one manâs coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Trevor Noahâs unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to 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 parentsâ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest 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, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africaâs tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle. Born a Crime is 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. It is also the story of that young manâs relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious motherâhis teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 289 pages
- Publisher Doubleday Canada
- Publication Date November 15th 2016
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780385689229
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
- Scenario ['Johannesburg (South Africa)']
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