Cover of Forced Entries- The Downtown Diaries: 1971-1973

Forced Entries- The Downtown Diaries: 1971-1973

The illuminating, shocking, humorous diary that tells all about the sex, the drugs and the atmosphere of New York in the late '60s and early '70s. A supremely entertaining book that will expand the legion of Carroll's fans.

Subject
biography
Setting
1980s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 204 pages
Form
poetry

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