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BORN A CRIME: STORIES FROM A SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDHOOD [Signed]
by Noah, Trevor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0399588175
- ISBN 13
- 9780399588174
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 282 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine blue with white and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$28.00." Moderate rubbing to edges and corners of dust jacket. "Politics & Prose Signed by the Author" sticker adhered to front cover. Minor general shelf wear to boards. Faded pen and penciling to front free endpaper. Signed flat by Noah on publisher's tipped-in page. Shelved in Television. 1381487. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
The host of The Daily Show With Trevor Noah traces his wild coming of age during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed, offering insight into the farcical aspects of the political and social systems of today's world.
Reviews
On Jun 11 2019, a reader said:
I'm glad I stuck with this book to the end because that was were the great storytelling occurred. Trevor Noah writes just as he talks, and I can only take his humor in small doses. His flippancy gets to me after a bit. The picture he paints of growing up in South Africa, even post-apartheid, is so bleak that it's hard for me to appreciate the humor that Noah employs in unfolding the story of his early life. Though this is his own autobiography, Noah's chief accomplishment is in painting a portrait of his mother, Patricia Noah, whom he loves and appreciates in his own Trevor way. Toward the end of the book, he writes, "When you love someone you create a new world for them. My mother did that for me...." Though it's not my style, I've come to appreciate those like Trevor Noah who try to make the world a less hostile place by poking fun of its injustice and corruption. Like Mark Twain, Trevor Noah knows that humor is a powerful weapon, perhaps as powerful as his mother's prayers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1381487
- Title
- BORN A CRIME: STORIES FROM A SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDHOOD [Signed]
- Author
- Noah, Trevor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0399588175
- ISBN 13
- 9780399588174
- Publisher
- Spiegel & Grau
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2016
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