{"product_id":"forced-entries-the-downtown-diaries-1971-1973-paperback","title":"Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries: 1971-1973 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sensational sequel to the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the early 1970s, Jim Carroll was a young and rising star in the crazy and creative downtown scene in New York City. He worked at the Factory for Andy Warhol and discussed art, literature, and the cosmos with Robert Smithson, Allen Ginsberg, and Bob Dylan. He spent nights at Max's Kansas City, listening to the Velvet Underground. And he did far too many drugs -- until his survival instinct impelled him to leave New York for a Northern California retreat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Intimate and revealing, the episodes in \u003ci\u003eForced Entries\u003c\/i\u003e, Carroll's diaries from that period, provide a sometimes hilarious, sometimes frightening glimpse of people who tested the limits of life and sanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eForced Entries\u003c\/i\u003e captures the early-seventies period in New York better than anything I've read in a long time.\" -- William S. Burroughs\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Carroll's bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995. Carroll's work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, \u003ci\u003eForces Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973\u003c\/i\u003e. As the leader of The Jim Carroll Band he released three albums as well as several spoken word recordings. He died in New York City on September 11, 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 7.77 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45245424795750,"sku":"9780140085020","price":35.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RP8ZtHoJLM9780140085020.webp?v=1773564629","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/forced-entries-the-downtown-diaries-1971-1973-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}