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Book Title
Basketball Diaries : the Classic about Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets
Publication Name
The Basketball Diaries
Title
The Basketball Diaries
Subtitle
The Classic About Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets
Author
Jim Carroll
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
ISBN-10
0140100180
EAN
9780140100181
ISBN
9780140100181
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Release Year
1987
Release Date
07/07/1987
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.5in
Item Length
7.7in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
6 Oz
Publication Year
1987
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Literary, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Sociology / Urban
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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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

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140100180
ISBN-13
9780140100181
eBay Product ID (ePID)
49737

Product Key Features

Book Title
Basketball Diaries : the Classic about Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets
Author
Jim Carroll
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Literary, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
1987
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
7.7in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3553.A7644z464
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
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Up
Reviews
"His terse wit, with its archly contrived navet, transforms The Basketball Diaries, a tale of teenage rebellion, into a contemporary classic."- -Newsweek , "Filled with a kind of vitality. . . a remarkable account of New York City's lower depths." -New York Times "His terse wit, with its archly contrived navet, transforms The Basketball Diaries , a tale of teenage rebellion, into a contemporary classic."- -Newsweek    "A generational hit." -Esquire
Copyright Date
1987
Lccn
87-025496
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19

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  • by sprite6308
    Jun 19, 2016

    No laughing matter

    This is an autobiographical journal of an urban urchin lost in the world of drug addiction. Author Jim Carroll takes his readers on a down-and-dirty and down-right frightening roller coaster ride. You'll be amazed by the honesty with which this book is written. If you are a serious reader who takes interest in the lives of other people, read this book.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-Owned

  • by hope4ya2
    Dec 19, 2016

    Timely with the rapid addiction problem

    I recommend you watch Jim Carroll in a few youtube interviews before reading the book. Also there was a film made, and opposite the usual idea that the book is better than the film, the book is not better. The film was what got me interested in the book. So, watch him first as an introduction to the book and you'll appreciate and understand his "style" a little better. It was a quick read, one afternoon by the fire. It's an amazing glimpse into a heroin addicts thought process and life style. Even thought it was decades ago, it still gives you some idea of how they process life.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: silver-arch-books

  • by jazzidly
    Oct 06, 2018

    Great and cheap

    Really good book for low price

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

  • by uncleo25
    May 09, 2011

    Awesome product

    Great book. Interesting story about a true inner city struggle of a young man seeking freedom and independence from himself and society

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