Description: This vintage paperback memoir "The Basketball Diaries" by author and musician Jim Carroll is a must-have. Published by Bantam Books in 1980, this second printing edition is a notorious cult-classic for adults and is in very good condition. It is an edited collection of the diaries he kept between the ages of twelve and sixteen. Set in New York City, they detail his daily life, sexual experiences, high school basketball career, poetry compositions, the counterculture movement, and especially his addiction to heroin, which began when he was 13. The book has 177 pages that provide a captivating insight into the life of a basketball player and his struggles on and off the court. The book was made into a film of the same name in 1995 starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll. "With an eye for detail & ear for narrative, Jim Carroll brings us through a world of youthful crime and streetplay, where drugs are as much a commonplace as sasparilla was when I was a boy. He must be a born writer." - William S. Burroughs "Jim Carroll writes better prose than 89% of the novelists working today.” - Jack Kerouac “One of America's greatest poets, and certainly the best of my generation.” - Patti Smith
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Location: San Francisco, California
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Book Title: The Basketball Diaries
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Bantam Books
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1980
Type: Novel
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Era: 1960s
Author: Jim Carroll
Personalized: No
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Art & Culture, Sports
Topic: Memoir
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 177
