One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth of experience acquired in his relatively young life. The compelling, inspiring (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. He also captures the vision and stubbornness of his mother. Through his performance, Noah brings his childhood world to life and traces his escape from poverty using his quick thinking, linguistic abilities and wit. Given the author’s knack for impersonations, the audiobook has been called 'even more splendid than an already terrific memoir'. Listen to Trevor Noah’s life story in his own words, as he narrates the Born a Crime audiobook with the humour and warmth for which he is renowned. At its heart, Born a Crime is the story of a mother who will go to extraordinary lengths to protect her son. Set against a backdrop of radical social reform and reconciliation, Noah’s memoir explores themes of belonging and community, what it means to be a family, the racism that has shaped South Africa’s history and the absurdity of growing up within that as a mixed-race child. Award-winning comic and host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah tells the at-once moving, serious and outrageously funny story of his rebellious birth and his often chaotic coming of age in South Africa in the 1990s. A number one New York Times best seller, Trevor Noah’s critically acclaimed autobiography will open your mind to the brutality of systemic racism and touch your heart with its testaments to a mother’s fierce love and the remarkable resilience of the human spirit.īorn a Crime is a deeply affecting and engaging memoir with a powerful commentary on the end of apartheid and its aftermath.
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