The Basketball Diaries - Softcover

Carroll, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140249990 ISBN 13: 9780140249996

Publisher: Penguin, 1995

Synopsis

Written between the ages of twelve and fifteen, this diary tells the story of Jim Carroll, a kid growing up stealing, hustling, getting high, playing basketball, and trying to find something pure on the streets of New York

About this title

Review:

"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 naïveté, transforms The Basketball Diaries, a tale of teenage rebellion, into a contemporary classic."-
-Newsweek

"A generational hit." -Esquire

About the Author:

Jim Carroll's bestselling memoir The Basketball Diaries was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995. Carroll's work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, Forces Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973. As the leader of The Jim Carroll Band he released three albums as well as several spoken word recordings. He died in New York City on September 11, 2009.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140249990
• ISBN 13: 9780140249996
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224