Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, Jens Rösener

Born a Crime

Trevor Noah, Jens Rösener

320 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

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Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. 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 i...

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funny 83%
emotional 73%
reflective 57%
informative 56%
inspiring 55%
hopeful 31%
lighthearted 17%
sad 17%
adventurous 16%
challenging 16%
dark 12%
tense 9%
relaxing 2%

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slow 2%

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