The Basketball Diaries
by Jim Carroll
Taste attributes: biographysportscrimedocumentaryfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosioncoming of agehuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA grounded, contained biography: simple and dark. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Jim Carroll
- Published
- 1978
- Pages
- 210
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