by Trevor Noah
First published 2016
Born a Crime follows Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show. As a mixed-race child, Trevor was kept hidden from the law, bound by his mother's extreme measures to protect him. But with the end of white rule, mother and son embark on a grand adventure, embracing newfound freedom. Trevor's hilarious, dramatic essays reveal his struggle to find himself in a world that never should have existed.
Genres: biography, autobiography, memoir, non-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: South Africa, Soweto
Period: 1980s - 2016
304 pages · Paperback · One World