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Billy Bathgate: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle) by E. L. Doctorow is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Billy Bathgate: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle) about?

To open this book is to enter the perilous, thrilling world of Billy Bathgate, the brazen boy who is accepted into the inner circle of the notorious Dutch Schultz gang. Like an urban Tom Sawyer, Billy takes us along on his fateful adventures as he becomes a good-luck charm, apprentice, and finally protege to one of the great murdering gangsters of the Depression-era underworld in New York City. The luminous transformation of fact into fiction that is E. L. Doctorow’s trademark comes to triumphant fruition in Billy Bathgate, a peerless coming-of-age tale and one of Doctorow’s boldest and most beloved bestsellers."In composing Billy Bathgate out of a boy's divided loyalties, E. L. Doctorow has restored to the memory of American culture the era of the Great Depression it has tried to forget. In recovering the cultural legacy of the Depression era, Doctorow has produced a book that promises to remain as permanent an addition to its culture as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, its cultural predecessor." - Donald E. Pease, America MagazineE. L. Doctorow's works of fiction include Homer & Langley, The March, Billy Bathgate, Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, City of God, Welcome to Hard Tim

Who reads Billy Bathgate: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle)?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
E. L. Doctorow
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9780812981179
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller
Rating
4.4 / 5 (771 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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