{"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  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":"STANDARD","offer_id":62246886244739,"sku":"9780143120094","price":24.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780143120094.jpg?v=1785409807","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-petting-zoo-9780143120094","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}