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The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed
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apartheid, PERFORMING ARTS, HUMOR, Television personalities, Personal Memoirs, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, HUMOR / Form / Essays, Essays, Comedy, HUMOR / Essays, Comedians, Biography, Comedians, biography, South africa, biography, Mothers and sons, South africa, history, South africa, social conditions, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2016-12-04, New York Times bestseller, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, HUMOR / Topic / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Racially mixed people, Comiques, Biographies, Métis, Vedettes de télévision, Childhood and youth, History, Social conditionsPeople
Trevor NoahPlaces
South Africa, SowetoTimes
1980s - 2016Showing 8 featured editions. View all 23 editions?
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
2019, Spiegel & Grau, One World
Paperback
in English
- 2019 Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition (12)
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
2019, Anchor Canada
paperback
in English
- Anchor Canada ed. (1)
0385689241 9780385689243
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood: 天生有罪 : 特雷弗·诺亚的变色人生
2018, Beijing United Publishing co., LTD
paperback
in Chinese
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Born a Crime: and Other Stories
2016, Macmillan
Paperback
in English
- South African ed.
1770105069 9781770105065
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
2016, Doubleday Canada
Hardcover
in English
0385689225 9780385689229
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Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Jul 05, 2016, Doubleday Canada, imusti
board book
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
2016, Audible Studios on Brilliance
audio cd
in English
1531865038 9781531865030
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
2016, Spiegel & Grau
Hardcover
in English
- First Edition (1)
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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 man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. 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 an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy 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.
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Links outside Open Library
- Author's book page
- Born a Crime - Wikipedia
- ‘Born a Crime,’ Trevor Noah’s Raw Account of Life Under Apartheid - The New York Times
- Born a Crime: Trevor Noah charts his rise from South Africa's townships | The Guardian
- Born a Crime: A Memoir of Love, Hope, and Resistance - Los Angeles Review of Books
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