**The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of a young man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed** Trevor Noah is one of the comedy world's brightest new voices, a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race, and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth of experience acquired in his relatively young life. As host of *The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,* he provides viewers in America and around the globe with their nightly dose of biting satire, but here Noah turns his focus inward, giving readers a deeply personal, heartfelt, and humorous look at the world that shaped him. Noah was born a crime, the son of a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents' indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the first years of his life, bound

Мемуары Тревора Ноя – красноречивое и трогательное повествование о том, как в полной нищете и несправедливости вырос ребенок смешанной расы, рожденный матерью-одиночкой в годы жесточайшего апартеида в ЮАР. Мать Тревора научила его использовать юмор, чтобы помочь справиться с жизнью, и он хорошо усвоил этот урок. Несмотря на наличие веских причин для чувства жалости к себе и обиды, Тревор умел находить юмор даже в самых сложных обстоятельствах. Не принудительный, шутливый юмор, а просто сдержанную оценку странности жизни