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Born a Crime: Stories from a

South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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
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Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid
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where he was never supposed to exist. It is also
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his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious
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mother—his teammate, a woman determined to
save her son from the cycle of poverty,
violence, and abuse that would ulJmately
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dramaJc, and deeply affecJng. Whether
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an aRempted kidnapping, or just trying to
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high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world
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and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his
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“[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns

alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book
provides a harrowing look, through the prism of
Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under
apartheid. . . . Born a Crime is not just an
unnerving account of growing up in South
Africa under apartheid, but a love leRer to the
author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko
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“What makes Born a Crime such a soul- Electricity a
nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker
edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah
recount in brisk, warmly conversaJonal prose
how he learned to negoJate his way through
the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also
helped was having a mother like Patricia
Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a
Crime another such giM to her—and an
enormous giM to the rest of us.”—USA Today

“[Noah] thrives with the help of his

astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce
bond makes this story soar.”—People

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