I think Trevor is funny and I've heard some of his material about racism and I know he hosts some kind of late night American talk show that I've never seen but that's the extent of my knowledge. My knowledge of South Africa is equally poor. I have met a few white South Africans who moved to the UK and I know one white South African who still lives there but that is it. I had vague notions of how apartheid worked but no real knowledge. I really enjoyed this book. Trevor's mother is an amazing person and the whole book made me smile and get upset and rageful and laugh and all of the emotions all at once. I absolutely cannot believe what happened to his mother and that the man who did it had absolutely nothing happen to him. The chapter about Hitler made me laugh and also think about the difference between genocides that happen on different continents and to different races and our attitudes to them. I highly recommend this book if you want to learn and appreciate how comfortable your life is.