The Basketball Diaries
Second Edition
By: Jim Carroll
Published: 1980
Publisher: Bantam
Format: Paperback
Cover photograph: Michael Zagaris
The Bantam edition was released alongside the Jim Carroll Band’s first album, Catholic Boy, and features a cover blurb by Frank Zappa. The jacket photo is from the same photo session as the cover photos on the 1998 edition and audiobook of The Basketball Diaries.