The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll

The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll

The urban classic coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, and basketball
 
Jim Carroll grew up to become a renowned poet and punk rocker. But in this memoir of the mid-1960s, set during his coming-of-age from 12 to 15, he was a rebellious teenager making a place and a name for himself on the unforgiving streets of New York City. During these years, he chronicled his experiences, and the result is a diary of unparalleled candor that conveys his alternately hilarious and terrifying teenage existence. Here is Carroll prowling New York City--playing basketball, hustling, stealing, getting high, getting hooked, and searching for something pure. The Basketball Diaries was the basis for the film of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

"I met him in 1970, and already he was pretty much universally recognized as the best poet of his generation. . . . The work was sophisticated and elegant. He had beauty." -- Patti Smith

The Basketball Diaries, a bestselling memoir by Jim Carroll, was initially published in 1978 and made into a film in 1995. Carroll's work includes a second book, Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973, as well as various collections of poetry. He made three albums and several spoken word recordings as the head of The Jim Carroll Band. On September 11, 2009, he died in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780140100181
ISBN 10	0140100180
Title	The Basketball Diaries
Author	Jim Carroll
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	1987-07-07
Number of pages	224
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.