Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow - ISBN: 9780241256428
Paperback
Gangster’s apprentice: A boy’s dangerous rise in Depression-era New York.

Billy Bathgate

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    19 September 2016

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Summary

From the American master of historical fiction, an award-winning coming-of-age story set amidst the gangster underworld of Depression-era New York City.

It’s 1930s New York and Billy Bathgate, a fifteen-year-old high-school-dropout, has captured the attention of the infamous gangster Dutch Schultz. The product of an East Bronx upbringing by a dysfunctional Catholic mother and an absent Jewish father, Billy is captivated by the world of money, sex, and high society that the charismatic…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241256428
ISBN-10:0241256429
Author:E.L. Doctorow
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:19 September 2016
Weight:236g
Dimensions:199mm x 130mm x 18mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
About The Author

E.L. Doctorow

E. L. Doctorow (1931-2015) was one of America’s most accomplished and acclaimed writers. Winner of the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN/Faulkner Awards, and the National Humanities Medal, he is the author of twelve novels that explored the drama of American life from the late-19th century to the 21st.

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