{"product_id":"9780140085020-forced-entries","title":"Forced Entries","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Downtown Diaries 1971-1973\u003cbr\u003eRecounts the atmosphere of New York City in the early Seventies and records his experiences with many now-famous bohemians and his waivering battles against drug addiction.\u003cbr\u003eThe sensational sequel to the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57676730302838,"sku":"9780140085020","price":18.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32904443.jpg?v=1776177043","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140085020-forced-entries","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}