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Author Noah, Trevor, 1984- author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2016.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  791.45028 N661Bn 2016    ---  Available
Edition First edition.
Description x, 288 pages ; 25 cm
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Contents I. Run -- Born a crime -- Trevor, pray -- Chameleon -- The second girl -- Loopholes -- Fufi -- Robert -- II. 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 -- III. Go Hitler! -- The cheese boys -- The world doesn't love you -- My mother's life -- Acknowledgments.
Summary 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 to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive wit and unflinching honesty, Noah weaves together a moving yet funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time. -- Adapted from publisher.
Subject Noah, Trevor, 1984-
Noah, Trevor, 1984- (OCoLC)fst01941647
Noah, Trevor, 1984-
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- South Africa -- Biography.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- South Africa -- Biography.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- South Africa -- Biography.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians. (OCoLC)fst00869077
Television personalities. (OCoLC)fst01146966
South Africa. (OCoLC)fst01204616
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- South Africa -- Biography.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
ISBN 9780399590979
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