Billy Bathgate

E. L. Doctorow

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Penguin
19 September 2016

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

"I was living in even greater circles of gangsterdom than I had dreamed, latitudes and longitudes of gangsterdom."

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 Schultz has to offer. Yet after being lured into a world of extortion, brutality, and murder, Billy finds he must either adapt to his role in a spiralling criminal enterprise, or remain still and face the consequences.

Written in breath-taking prose and peopled with characters from across the human spectrum, Billy Bathgate is a cornerstone of historical fiction by one of the most important American novelists of the twentieth century.

By: E. L. Doctorow
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 236g
ISBN: 9780241256428
ISBN 10: 0241256429
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 19 September 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

E. L. Doctorow, who died in 2015, was one of America's most accomplished and acclaimed living 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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Billy Bathgate

E. L. Doctorow

$22.99

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