Description: 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 FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Carroll is a Musician and grew up in New York City. Review Quote "His terse wit, with its archly contrived navet, transforms The Basketball Diaries, a tale of teenage rebellion, into a contemporary classic."- -Newsweek Details ISBN0140100180 Author Jim Carroll Publisher Penguin (Non-Classics) Year 1987 ISBN-10 0140100180 ISBN-13 9780140100181 Format Paperback Publication Date 1987-07-07 Pages 224 Language English Media Book DEWEY B Short Title BASKETBALL DIARIES Residence NY, US Birth 1948 Death 2009 Subtitle The Classic about Growing up Hip on New Yorks Mean Streets DOI 10.1604/9780140100181 Audience General/Trade Imprint Penguin Books We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2625366;
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