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First, the cover photograph, by rosemary klemfuss aka rosemary carroll, is in black and white with silver lettering. Scott kalverts the basketball diaries, starring leonardodicaprio, opened friday, april 21, 1995, in selected cities. Jim leonardo dicaprio and his friends roam the streets of new york city as goofoffs, petty thieves, and junkies. Books by jim carroll author of the basketball diaries. Near fine with light rubbing to wraps, mainly at the.
It originally appeared as a collection of prose and poetry however the edition i read, published with the basketball diaries in one volume, only contained the short stories. Jim carroll books list of books by author jim carroll. Carroll came to mainstream consciousness with the release of a 1995 film starring leonardo dicaprio, based on the book carrolls most known for. The basketball diaries by jim carroll 1987, paperback. Buy the basketball diaries new edition by carroll, jim isbn. The basketball diaries based on the autobiographical journals of poet jim carroll, basketball diaries follows the descent of a catholic high school student from star basketball player to drug addict. Buy a cheap copy of the basketball diaries 19631966 book by jim carroll. Jim carroll was a prodigy diarist and the basketball diaries is a personal journal of his addiction. Written between the ages of twelve and fifteen, this diary tells the story of jim carroll, a kid growing up stealing, hustling, getting high, playing basketball, and trying to find something pure on the streets of new york. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 224 pages and is available in paperback format. Sep 14, 2009 jim carroll, who died friday at the age of sixty, was many things.
In this rare, unpublished interview from 2001, jim carroll talks about the basketball diaries, leonardo dicaprio, mark wahlberg, harmony korine, sherman alexie and more. But in this memoir in the mid1960s, defined when he came to the age of 12 to 15, he was a teenage rebel to make a place and a name for himself on the merciless streets of new york city. His terse wit, with its archly contrived naivete, transforms the basketball diaries, a tale of teenage rebellion, into a contemporary classic. Jim carroll s classic about growing up hip on new yorks mean streets is now a feature film from island world productions and distributed by new line cinemas. An uncompromising script and a solid performance from leonardo di caprio help make the basketball diaries a powerful and memorable film experience. In this one, he describes his fight to overcome his addiction. The classic urban urban comingofage story about sex, drugs and basketball, jim carroll grew up to become a renowned poet and punk rocker.
As a teenage basketball star in the 1960s at trinity, an elite private school on the upper west side of manhattan, jim carroll led a chaotic life that combined sports, drugs and poetry. Jim carrolls bestselling memoir the basketball diaries was first released in 1978. The basketball diaries leonardo dicaprio booksamillion. The basketball diaries and the book of nods carroll, jim on. The basketball diaries is a 1995 american biographical crime drama film directed by scott kalvert and based on an autobiographical novel by the same name written by jim carroll. The basketball diaries jim shooting up for the first time. Jim carrolls bestselling memoir the basketball diaries was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in. Tombouctou books published the basketball diaries in 1978. Today, jim carroll is a highly renowned poet and rock musician. The basketball diaries 19631966 book by jim carroll.
Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work the basketball. The basketball diaries by jim carroll, paperback barnes. The cool thing about the interview is that jim segued into talking about the basketball diaries movie and his books all on his own. Jim carroll s bestselling memoir the basketball diaries was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995. Carrolls classic account of growing up in new york in the early 1960s, full of drugs, sex, and crime. During these years he recounted his experiences, and the. Pdf the basketball diaries book by jim carroll free. However, in his first diary collection, carroll detailed how he became a heroin addict. Biography american writers fiction in english basketball players video recordings feature films sport drugs sexuality adolescence diaries childhood and youth united states entertainers poets, american carroll, jim. The basketball diaries 19631966 paperback published june 1st 1978 by lamplighter books tombouctou press first edition u. Jul 22, 2011 jim carroll s bestselling memoir the basketball diaries was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995.
James dennis jim carroll was an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll s work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, forces entries. Set in new york city, they detail his daily life, sexual experiences, high school basketball career, poetry compositions, the counterculture movement, and especially his addiction to heroin, which began when he was. Download the basketball diaries ebook in epub, mobi. The basketball diaries by carroll, jim search for rare. Jim carroll, poet and punk rocker who wrote the basketball. It tells the story of carroll s teenage years as a promising high school basketball player and writer who develops an addiction to heroin. Vietnam is a source of controversy and conflict, contested not only on the battlefields of southeast asia but on the american home front as well.
Carroll s classic account of growing up in new york in the early 1960s, full of drugs, sex, and crime. The basketball diaries abebooks shop for books, art. The sensational sequel to the bestselling memoir the basketball diaries during the early 1970s, jim carroll was a young and rising star in the crazy and creative downtown scene in new york city. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work the basketball diaries, which was made into the 1995 film of the same name with leonardo dicaprio as carroll. The power of the words comes not william burroughs and irvine welsh wrote my favorite books about junk addiction. In his teens, jim carroll roamed the streets of new york, shooting baskets with some of new yorks best playground stars, and shooting heroin with some of the citys most memorable street characters. Carroll and his friends sniff cleaning fluid to get high, steal purses, and steal from another basketball team. It is an edited collection of the diaries he kept between the ages of twelve and sixteen. I love this mansion, though it is too many windows to open halfway each morning to close halfway each night. In the first entry, we learn that jim is about to play in his first organized basketball league game. Leo plays jim carroll, a high school student with a love of basketball and a flare for writing whose life goes right down the toilet when he becomes a heroine addict. Looking back on it, it seems crazy that this interview has gone so long unpublished. Sep 16, 2009 jim carroll, a poetturnedpunk rocker whose book the basketball diaries chronicled his descent from elite high school basketball star to times square drug addict, thief and prostitute, died.
Jim carroll an excerpt from the basketball diaries about bobby. Silvers, blair fuller, donald hall, and peter ardery eds. The 1995 film the basketball diaries is set in the slums of manhattan where a high school basketball player, jim carroll dicaprio, and his friends ultimately take a sharp nosedive into the tragic world of drug addiction. In 1995 a film version of the basketball diaries was released starring leonardo dicaprio, and in 20022003 carroll recorded three spoken word albums, including a reading of jack kerouacs doctor sax and the great world snake and william blakes the marriage of heaven and hell. As the leader of the jim carroll band he released three albums as well as several spoken word recordings. But in this memoir of the mid1960s, set during his comingofage from 12 to 15, he was a rebellious teenager making a place and a name for himself on the unforgiving streets of new york city. The basketball diaries by jim carroll librarything. Bound in publishers wraps with black and white author photo on the front cover taken by rosemary klemfuss. Jul 22, 2011 discover book depositorys huge selection of jim carroll books online. Books by jim carroll authors like jim carroll what should. Jim carroll author of the basketball diaries goodreads. The urban classic comingofage story about sex, drugs, and basketball. The first edition of the novel was published in june 1978, and was written by jim carroll.
Jim carroll died of a heart attack at his writing desk in 2009. The basketball diaries is his chronicle of those years. In the first entry of the basketball diaries, a thirteenyearold carroll uses a fake birth certificate from his coach, lefty, to get into a twelveandunder basketball league. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work the basketball diaries.
Once in a while he gets stoned with his friends, and step by step, he falls into the dark world of crime and drugs. Carrolls work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, forces entries. The basketball diaries by jim carroll fantastic fiction. Carroll describes growing up in new york city and the. The original classic story about growing up with drugs and sex and about learning to survive on the streets of new yorkonce again in print. The basketball diaries 1978 is the memoir of jim carroll, who was both a famous poet and punk rocker. After more than twenty years, the petting zoo is finally here. Jim carrolls most popular book is the basketball diaries.
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