{"product_id":"the-petting-zoo-9780143120094","title":"The Petting Zoo","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jim Carroll\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving, vividly rendered novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408458801303,"sku":"9780143120094","price":1919.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143120094.webp?v=1767309944","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-petting-zoo-9780143120094","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}