Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood / Trevor Noah.

Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed t...

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Main Author: Noah, Trevor, 1984- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Noah, Trevor, > 1984-
Comedians > United States > Biography.
Comedians > South Africa > Biography.
Television personalities > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
HUMOR / Essays.
PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy.
Autobiographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Autobiographies.
Local Note:
LM copies are part of the Professional Development Lending Library.
Physical Description:x, 288 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Run
  • Born a crime
  • Trevor, pray
  • Chameleon
  • The second girl
  • Loopholes
  • Fufi
  • Robert
  • The mulberry tree
  • A young man's long, awkward, occasionally tragic, and frequently humiliating education in affairs of the heart, part I: Valentine's Day
  • Outsider
  • A young man's long, awkward, occasionally tragic, and frequently humiliating education in affairs of the heart, part II: the crush
  • Colorblind
  • A young man's long, awkward, occasionally tragic, and frequently humiliating education in affairs of the heart, part III: the dance
  • Go Hitler!
  • The cheese boys
  • The world doesn't love you
  • My mother's life.