The story of Billy Bathgate, a boy who has insinuated himself into the inner circle of the notorious Dutch Schultz gang to become apprentice and protege to one of the great murdering gangsters.
Categories:
["New york (n.y.)fiction""Fictionhistoricalgeneral""Fictioncoming of age""Fictioncity life""American fiction (fictional works by one author)""Criminalsfiction""Criminals""Criminals in fiction""Fiction""Hoodlums""National Book Critics Circle Award Winner""PEN/Faulkner Award Winner""SchultzDutchin fiction""award:national_book_critics_circle_award=1989""award:national_book_critics_circle_award=fiction""award:pen_faulkner_award=1990""award:pen_faulkner_award=fiction""SchultzDutch1900 or 1-1935""Gangsters""Fictionhistorical""Crimefiction""Depressions""Nineteen thirties""History""New York Times reviewed""Cultural Literacy and Humanities""Reading Level-Adult"]
