The basketball diaries

Today, Jim Carroll is a highly renowned poet and rock musician. But in the mid-1960s, during his coming-of-age from twelve to fifteen, he was a rebellious teenager making a place and a name for himself on the unforgiving streets of New York City. During those years, he chronicled his experiences, an...

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Main Author: Carroll, Jim, 1950-2009 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, [1987]
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