Born a Crime

Stories from a South African Childhood

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Trevor Noah: Born a Crime (2016, Spiegel & Grau)

288 pages

English language

Published Nov. 4, 2016 by Spiegel & Grau.

ISBN:
978-0-399-59044-3
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is an autobiographical comedy book written by the South African comedian Trevor Noah, published in 2016.

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Pretty good! My biggest complaint is in the editing -- the time periods kind of jump all over the place, and not in an interesting, Christopher Nolan sort of way. Also, the transition from being a street hood in Johannesburg to host of the Daily Show was kind of not present at all; I guess we have to wait for the sequel to see how Trevor gets out of the country!

That said, the ultimate message of "holy shit Trevor Noah lived through some real abject poverty and abuse as a kid" was great, and something that all privileged kids should read. Also, I learned a lot more about street-level life in South Africa during the transition to post-apartheid, which was interesting and terrible.

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Subjects

  • Comedians, biography
  • South africa, biography
  • Mothers and sons
  • South africa, history
  • Television personalities
  • South africa, social conditions