The Petting Zoo Paperback - 2011
by Jim Carroll; Preface by Patti Smith
A moving, vividly rendered novel from the late author of "The Basketball Diaries." Marked by Carroll's sharp wit, hallucinatory imagery, and street-smart style, "The Petting Zoo" is a frank, haunting examination of one artist's personal and professional struggles.
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A moving, vividly rendered novel from the author of The Basketball Diaries
Suffused with Jim Carroll's humor and sharp wit, his delicate yet hallucinatory imagery, and his cool, sophisticated, streetsmart voice, The Petting Zoo is a frank, haunting examination of one artist's personal and spiritual quest. Billy Wolfram, an enigmatic thirty-eight- year-old star of the late -1980s New York art scene, views a show of Velázquez paintings and is so humbled by their spiritual power that he suffers an emotional breakdown and retreats to his Chelsea loft. In seclusion, he recalls the most emblematic moments and figures of his childhood and early career as he searches to recover the spark of inspiration in his own work and life.
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- Title The Petting Zoo
- Author Jim Carroll; Preface by Patti Smith
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York:
- Date 2011-10-25
- ISBN 9780143120094 / 0143120093
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- New York Times Book Review, 11/20/2011, Page 32
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