Billy Bathgate

A Novel

• Author(s): E. L. Doctorow,
• Publisher: Plume
• Pages: 323
• ISBN_10: 0452280028
  ISBN_13: 9780452280021
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Fiction / Classics , Fiction / Historical / General , Fiction / Literary , Fiction / Coming of Age , Fiction / Crime , Fiction / City Life ,

Description:... In 1930's New York, Billy Bathgate, a 15-year-old high school dropout, captures the attention of infamous gangster Dutch Schultz, who lures the boy into his world of racketeering. But Billy soon learns this glamorous world of money, sex, and high society is also one of brutality and murder. The bestselling author of RAGTIME convincingly portrays the underworld through the eyes of young Billy.