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The Basketball Diaries

by Jim Carroll
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The Basketball Diaries
The Basketball Diaries

Gritty, raw coming-of-age: basketball, drugs, poetry.

"The Basketball Diaries" captures a unique period of Jim Carroll's life with striking honesty, placing you alongside him as he navigates the chaotic streets of 1960s New York. It's more than just a sports memoir or a cautionary tale about substance abuse—it’s a vivid slice of life that will resonate with anyone looking for raw, poetic insight into adolescence and the forces that shape us.

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The Basketball Diaries

by Jim Carroll
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ISBN: 9780140100181
Author: Jim Carroll
Publisher: Penguin Books USA Inc.
Date of Publication: 1987-07-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sports, Creative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Biography Memoir, Biography, Basketball, Autobiography, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.99
(rated by 30946 readers)

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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.
 

Gritty, raw coming-of-age: basketball, drugs, poetry.

"The Basketball Diaries" captures a unique period of Jim Carroll's life with striking honesty, placing you alongside him as he navigates the chaotic streets of 1960s New York. It's more than just a sports memoir or a cautionary tale about substance abuse—it’s a vivid slice of life that will resonate with anyone looking for raw, poetic insight into adolescence and the forces that shape us.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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