{"id":4003,"date":"2022-01-10T22:17:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?page_id=4003"},"modified":"2025-03-07T22:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T06:55:42","slug":"diaries-and-fiction-by-jim-carroll","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/diaries-and-fiction-by-jim-carroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Diaries and Fiction by Jim Carroll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Petting Zoo: A Novel<\/span><\/a>
Published:<\/strong>\u00a0November 8, 2010
By:\u00a0<\/strong>Jim Carroll
Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Viking
Carroll was putting the finishing touches on his first novel,\u00a0The Petting Zoo<\/em>, when he passed away in 2009. Protagonist Billy Wolfram, a hot young artist in late 1980s NYC, suffers a psychological and spiritual breakdown while viewing the Met’s Velasquez retrospective and desperately tries to regain his connection to the divine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also available as an audio book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Basketball Diaries<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
Published:<\/strong> 1978<\/a>, 1980<\/a>, 1987<\/a>, 1995<\/a>, 1998<\/a>
By: <\/strong>Jim Carroll
Publishers:<\/strong> Tombouctou (1978<\/a>); Bantam (1980<\/a>); Penguin (1987<\/a>, 1995<\/a>, 1998<\/a>); Faber & Faber<\/a> (1987)
Description:<\/strong> The Basketball Diaries<\/em> is Carroll’s most famous work, an autobiography from the ages of 12 to 15. The book has been released (in English) by four publishers so far and has appeared with six different covers (the 1995 edition is a film
tie-in that features Leonardo DiCaprio on the cover). The Tombouctou edition is rare<\/em>.
It has also been translated<\/a> into several languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also available as an audio book<\/a> and in translation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Forced Entries<\/span>: The Downtown Diaries: 1971-1973
<\/em>Published:<\/strong> 1987<\/a>, 1997<\/a>
By: <\/strong>Jim Carroll
Publisher:<\/strong> Penguin
Description:<\/strong> Forced Entries<\/em>\u00a0is sort of a sequel to\u00a0The Basketball Diaries<\/em>, picking up at Carroll’s 20th birthday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also available in translation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Petting Zoo: A NovelPublished:\u00a0November 8, 2010By:\u00a0Jim CarrollPublisher:\u00a0VikingCarroll was putting the finishing touches on his first novel,\u00a0The Petting Zoo, when he passed away in 2009. Protagonist Billy Wolfram, a hot young artist in late 1980s NYC, suffers a psychological and spiritual breakdown while viewing the Met’s Velasquez retrospective and desperately tries to regain his connection … Continue reading Diaries and Fiction by Jim Carroll<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[42],"class_list":["post-4003","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-12z","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3980,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/diaries-and-fiction-by-jim-carroll\/the-petting-zoo-by-jim-carroll\/","url_meta":{"origin":4003,"position":0},"title":"The Petting Zoo: A Novel","author":"catholicboy.com","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Petting Zoo: A NovelBy:\u00a0Jim CarrollPublished:\u00a02010Publisher:\u00a0VikingFormat:\u00a0HardcoverJacket Illustration:\u00a0Raymond PettibonBook design:\u00a0Alissa Amell When poet, musician, and diarist Jim Carroll passed away in September 2009, he was putting the finishing touches on a potent work of fiction. 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