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Noah, Trevor, 1984-
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Comedians, Black -- South Africa -- Biography.
Comedians -- South Africa -- Biography.
Television personalities, Black -- South Africa -- Biography.
Racially mixed children -- South Africa -- Biography.
South African wit and humor.
Apartheid -- South Africa.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-
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Noah, Trevor, 1984-
Noah, Trevor, 1984-
Comedians, Black -- South Africa -- Biography.
Comedians -- South Africa -- Biography.
Television personalities, Black -- South Africa -- Biography.
Racially mixed children -- South Africa -- Biography.
South African wit and humor.
Apartheid -- South Africa.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-
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Born
a
crime
:
stories
from a
South
African
childhood
(
book
club
kit
- nonfiction) / Trevor Noah.
by
Noah, Trevor, 1984-
Doubleday Canada, 2016.
Call #:
BOOK
CLUB
KIT
792.7028 N739b
Subjects
Noah, Trevor, 1984-
Comedians, Black --
South
Africa -- Biography.
Comedians --
South
Africa -- Biography.
Television personalities, Black --
South
Africa -- Biography.
Racially mixed children --
South
Africa -- Biography.
South
African
wit and humor.
Apartheid --
South
Africa.
South
Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-
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ISBN:
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kit
:
Born
a
crime
:
stories
from a
South
African
childhood
Bookclub
kit
:
Born
a
crime
:
stories
from a
South
African
childhood
Description:
10 books, x, 288 pages ; 25 cm.
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Ideal for your
Book
Club
or Reading Group. This
kit
includes a nylon Halifax Public Libraries bag with 10 copies of Trevor Noah's "
Born
a
crime
", along with author and title information, and a list of discussion questions. The
kit
is available to borrow for 6 week loans.
Summary:
One of the comedy world's fastest-rising stars tells his wild coming of age story during the twilight of apartheid in
South
Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Noah provides something deeper than traditional memorists: powerfully funny observations about how farcical political and social systems play out in our lives. Trevor Noah is the host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, a late-night television talk show on Comedy Central, where he gleefully provides America with its nightly dose of serrated satire. He is a light-footed but cutting observer of the relentless absurdities of politics, nationalism and race - and in particular the craziness of his own young life, which he's lived at the intersections of culture and history. Noah tells his coming of age story with his larger-than-life mother during the last gasps of apartheid-era
South
Africa and the turbulent years that followed. Trevor was
born
to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. His brilliantly eccentric mother loomed over his life - a comically zealous Christian (they went to church six days a week and three times on Sunday), a savvy hustler who kept food on their table during rough times, and an aggressively involved, if often seriously misguided, parent who set Noah on his bumpy path to stardom. The
stories
Noah tells are sometimes dark, occasionally bizarre, frequently tender, and always hilarious - whether he's subsisting on caterpillars during months of extreme poverty or making comically pitiful attempts at teenage romance in a color-obsessed world; whether's he's being thrown into jail as the hapless fall guy for a
crime
he didn't commit or being thrown by his mother from a speeding car driven by murderous gangsters. Trevor Noah was
born
in Johannesburg,
South
Africa. In 2011, he moved to the United States. He was the subject of the 2012 documentary You Laugh But It's True.
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