The first edition of the novel was published in june 1978, and was written by jim carroll. Very loosely based on the memoir of the same name, the basketball diaries transposes the late 60s adolescence of writerartist jim carroll to some unspecified time period at least 15 years later, further confusing the timeframe with three decades of rock music, some by carroll himself. 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 by scott kalvert leonardo dicaprio. In this profound diary, we watch as a preeminently streetsmart year old weedsmoking, lsd popping and occasional heroin seeking basketball hero deteriorates into a 16 year old junkie, resorting to whatever means possible to get money for his next fix. Distributed by new line cinema, the basketball diaries stars leonardo dicaprio. There are a lot of book lists out there for kids who like diary of of a wimpy kid so i wasnt actually planning on making this list, but then my son started reading the series. Patti smith, babel 33 jim carroll captured my heart in the fall of 1987, when i read the basketball diaries for the first time. Jim boutons playing diary of the 1969 season with the seattle pilots and houston astros seems a little tame by todays standards. Jim carrolls bestselling memoir the basketball diaries was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995. 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 urban classic comingofage story about sex, drugs, and basketball jim carroll grew up to become a renowned poet and punk rocker. Spanning the fall of 1963 when he was 12 to the summer 1966, the reader follows carroll as he wanders the streets, shoots heroin, and makes love. Books similar to the basketball diaries the basketball diaries. Rating the best basketball books is like arguing with your friends over the greatest hiphop albums. Basketball diary is a playful and fun display font full of energy. The basketball diaries film, a 1995 american biographical film, based on the memoir. A respected poet and musician, carroll also was the author of the basketball diaries, which was adapted into a 1995 movie starring leonardo dicaprio. Berkow is also a devout basketball player, and his book to the hoop is a memoir of a lifetimes worth of ball games, teammates like the hall of famer oscar robertson and opponents ranging from the former milwaukee buck flynn robinson to the allamerican nancy lieberman.
The basketball diaries by jim carroll, paperback barnes. The book, which is generally referred to by its main title alone, had started appearing in excerpt form throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s in various literary publications. His dad is a selfhelp author who thinks marcus can achieve anything he. Free download or read online the basketball diaries pdf epub book. A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction. The classic about growing up hip on new yorks mean streets. Buy the basketball diaries new edition by carroll, jim isbn. Love this book like so many others, i watched the movie and then read this book. Jim carrolls the basketball diaries and forced entries by cassie carter. Not only did they buy the basketball diaries, but they bought books of poems. Jim leonardo dicaprio and his catholic school chums are on the hottest basketball team in new york, but. With leonardo dicaprio, lorraine bracco, marilyn sokol, james madio. 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. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more.
Scott kalverts the basketball diaries, starring leonardodicaprio, opened friday, april 21, 1995, in selected cities. The basketball diaries by jim carroll penguin random house canada. During these years, he chronicled his experiences, and the result is a diary of unparalleled candor that. The basketball diaries 19631966 book by jim carroll. Best baseball books the 20 best baseball books ever. On the spine, release title appears as basketball diaries original motion picture soundtrack. But in the mid 1960s, during his comingofage from twelve to fifteen, he was a rebellious.
The basketball diaries is his chronicle of those years. Many kids read the series when they are 8 or 9, even though it is a book aimed at middle school kids so i started thinking about what kids could read instead, or after they finish wimpy. But revelations upon its 1970 debut that players popped pills. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 224 pages and is available in paperback format. It tells the story of carrolls teenage years as a promising high school basketball player and writer who develops an addiction to heroin. Carrolls work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, forces entries. The 25 best baseball books of all time, ranked sporting news. Pdf the basketball diaries book by jim carroll free. The absolutely true diary of a parttime indian by sherman alexie in 2009, he created a website as a resource for teachers, middle and high school students, and their parents.
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