The Basketball Diaries
| Author | Jim Carroll |
| Genre | Non-fiction, Autobiography, Memoir/Diary |
| Original Language | English |
| First published | 1978 |
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| Notes | 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. |
Editions 3
Add Edition | The Basketball Diaries | Trade Paperback | English | New York | 1978 |
 | The Basketball Diaries. 1963-1966. | Paperback | English | USA | 1978 |
 | The Basketball Diaries | Paperback | English | 1995 |
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