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The Basketball Diaries [Inscribed]
by Carroll, Jim
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Penguin Books, 1987. Soft cover. Fine. Inscribed reprint edition of Carroll's landmark coming-of-age story, an edited collection of the diaries he kept as a teenager in 1960s New York City. NY: Penguin Books, 1987. SIGNED and inscribed by Carroll, "To Louie," on the front leaf. Perfect-bound in printed glossy wraps, 7-3/4 x 5 in. 210pp. About fine, with only the lightest of edge and corner wear.
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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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002041
- Title
- The Basketball Diaries [Inscribed]
- Author
- Carroll, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1987
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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