The Basketball Diaries

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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

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ISBN: 9780140100181
Authors: Jim Carroll
Date of Publication: 1987-07-07
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.99
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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.
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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.