description: A chronicle of Caroll's coming of age, from 12 to 15, prowling New York city, playing basketball, hustling, stealing, getting high - and getting hooked. This edition ties in with the film of the same name starring Leonardo di Capri.
language: English
title: The Basketball Diaries
titlecomplete: The Basketball Diaries
genres: Classics, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Biography, Sports, Contemporary, Poetry, Memoir, Coming Of Age, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 30456
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd