Billy Bathgate

by E.L. Doctorow

On Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx of the Great Depression, Billy spends his boyhood being groomed as an apprentice thug working for the notorious gangster Dutch Schultz. When he falls in love with Drew, his boss's girl, he begins to think that the life of a mobster may not be the glamorous world he expected, and he resolves to take Drew away from it all.

Editions of Billy Bathgate

ISBN 9780452280021	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Plume	Date 1998	Price $4.97	Very Good
ISBN 9780394525297	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Random House Inc	Date 1989	Price $1.00	Very Good + to Near Fine
ISBN 9780060975951	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Harpercollins	Date 1994	Price $1.19	Good Condition
ISBN 9780517064566	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Random House Value Pub	Date 1991	Price $2.49	Very Good
ISBN 9780812981179	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Random House Inc	Date 2010	Price None Available
ISBN 9788432040825	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Planeta Pub Corp	Date 1995	Price $39.40	Good
ISBN 9780816150083	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Thorndike Pr	Date 1990	Price $12.00	collectable very good +
ISBN 9780816148998	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Thorndike Pr	Date 1990	Price $1.00	Very Good
ISBN 9780061000072	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Harpercollins	Date 1991	Price $1.00	Good
ISBN 9780394575131	Binding/Format Book	Publisher Random House	Date 1989	Price $1.00	Very Good

Publisher Notes

In 1930's New York, Billy Bathgate, a fifteen-year-old high-school dropout, has captured the attention of infamous gangster Dutch Schultz, who lures the boy into his world of racketeering. The product of an East Bronx upbringing by his half-crazy Irish Catholic mother, after his Jewish father left them long ago, Billy is captivated by the world of money, sex, and high society the charismatic Schultz has to offer. But it is also a world of extortion, brutality, and murder, where Billy finds himself involved in a dangerous affair with Schultz's girlfriend. Relive this story through the title character's driving narrative, a child's thoughts and feelings filtered through the sensibilities of an adult, and the result is E.L. Doctorow's most convincing and appealing portrayal of a young boy's life. Converging mythology and history, one of America's most admired authors has captured the romance of gangsters and criminal enterprise that continues to fascinate the American psyche today.

Media Reviews

"...Mr. Doctorow's sharpest piece of work, ['BILLY BATHGATE) is Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer with more poetry, Holden Caulfield with more zest and spirit."

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