The Basketball Diaries
by Carroll, Jim
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0140100180
- ISBN 13
- 9780140100181
- Seller
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brooklyn, New York, United States
Item Price
€466.20€372.96
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About This Item
New York: Penguin Books, 1987. First Penguin Edition/2nd Printing . Paper. SIGNED BY JIM CARROLL. Classic underground novel that became above ground and was even made into a film that starred Leonardo Di Caprio and Mark Walberg. A few of the pages have minor damp staining, the rest of the cover including the signature is nice and clean. Former owner signature on verso of front cover. Vg.
Synopsis
The Basketball Diaries is a 1978 memoir written by author and musician Jim Carroll. 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, Cold War paranoia, the counter-culture movement, and, especially, his addiction to heroin, which began when he was 13. The book is considered a classic piece of adolescent literature.
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Details
- Seller
- Cinemage Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 009708
- Title
- The Basketball Diaries
- Author
- Carroll, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Paper
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Penguin Edition/2nd Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140100180
- ISBN 13
- 9780140100181
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Signed Books, Beat Writers Poets Authors Memoirs Diaries Carroll, Jim Lower East Side New York School, Art World Books Into Films
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry and Poets; Signed Books; Beat Literature;
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