Billy Bathgate
$31.48
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2016
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 |
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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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