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One of the comedy world's fastest-rising stars ( 'SLICK, INTELLIGENT AND BLISSFULLY FUNNY' Time Out) tells his hilarious and moving coming-of-age story during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. From the Back Cover A BOOK TO READ NOW, WALL STREET JOURNAL 'Powerful, charming and clever' THE TIMES 'Witty and brilliant' O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE 'A memoir with heft . . . this story soars' PEOPLE, Best New Books 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 someone's house with a magnifying glass; not even because he took Hitler to a bar mitzvah - but because this was South Africa and his mother was black and his father was white . . . 'Moving stories that will leave you laughing' BILL GATES 'Raw, compelling and by turns alarming, sad, and funny. . .' NEW YORK TIMES 'A soul-nourishing pleasure' USA TODAY 'A remarkable memoir leavened with insight and wit, Born a Crime does more to expose apartheid - its legacy, its pettiness, its small-minded stupidity and its damage - than any other recent history or academic text' GUARDIAN www.johnmurray.co.uk www.trevornoah.com @johnmurrays @trevornoah #BornaCrime About the Author Born under apartheid to a black South African mother and a white European father, Trevor Noah's improbable rise to stardom led to his sold-out one-man show at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival that became one of the most talked-about shows at the festival that year. He has appeared on QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Royal Variety Performance and Live at the Apollo. In 2015 Noah succeeded Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show.