About the Book: Born a Crime
The #1 Bestseller and Award-winning Modern Classic--with an exclusive new
afterword. Trevor Noah was BORN A CRIME-not because he could answer back in five
languages; not because his mother threw him out of the window of a moving car;
not because he shoplifted; not because he accidentally burnt down someones house
with a magnifying glass; not even because he took Hitler to a barmitzvah-but
because this was South Africa and his mother was black and his father was
white... The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor
Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days