{"product_id":"the-petting-zoo-9780143120094","title":"The Petting Zoo","description":"\u003cb\u003eA moving, vividly rendered novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuffused with Jim Carroll's humor and sharp wit, his delicate yet hallucinatory imagery, and his cool, sophisticated, streetsmart voice, \u003ci\u003eThe Petting Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Vel zquez 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143120094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2011 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jim Carroll","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43378209685685,"sku":"9780143120094","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3f102a96-e1bd-46f3-a92b-9bc465a07c05.jpg?v=1701751373","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-petting-zoo-9780143120094","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}