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<p>billy Bathgate Is An Urban Huck Finn Who Comes Of Age In New York City In The 1930s As The Protege Of Dutch Schultz, One Of The Most Abominable Gangsters Of His Time, But One Of Life's Great Teachers As Well.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>in The Poorest Part Of The Bronx, In The Depths Of The Depression, A Teenage, Fatherless Street Kid Who Will Adopt The Name Billy Bathgate Comes To The Attention Of His Idol, Master Gangster Dutch Schultz. Resourceful, Brash, Daring And Brave, The Narrator Understands That Morality Will Have No Influence In Lifting Him From His Poverty; By Hitching His Wagon To The Mobster's Star He Can Hope To Provide His Gentle, Mad Mother And Himself With A Way To Rise Out Of Their Desolate Existence. <p>the Astonishing Story Of Billy's Apprenticeship To Shultz And His Education At The Hands Of The Mobster's Minions Is Related By Doctorow With Masterful Skill, Grace And Lucidity Of Prose, Inspired Inventiveness Of Scene And True-voiced Dialogue. Equally A Rollicking Adventure And A Cautionary Tale, Both Parable Of The Prodigal Son And Poignant Coming-of-age Story, It Is Mesmerizing Reading That Soars From The Shocking First Scene Of A Gangland Execution Th

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Author

Doctorow, Edgar L

Publisher

New York: Random House

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780394575131

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.78 / 5 (115 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14