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The Basketball diaries by Jim Carroll · Booklabria

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The Basketball diaries

BiographyChildhood and youth

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First published: 1978
Editions: 10 in 2 languages

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. The original classic story about growing up with drugs and sex and about learning to survive on the streets of New York--once again in print. An urban classic of coming of age.

Subjects: Biography
Childhood and youth
American Poets
Poets, biography
Entertainers
Poets, American
Set in: United States
Time: 20th Century
Characters: Jim Carroll

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10 in 2 languages

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