num_pages: 9
description: With extraordinary grace and vivid realism, a boy from the Depression-era Bronx recounts his extraordinary education in crime, love, life, and death in the dazzling and decadent world of a big-time racket's empire about to crumble.
language: English
title: Billy Bathgate
titlecomplete: Billy Bathgate
genres: American, New York, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Crime, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 7255
places: New York City, New York, Bronx, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: William Dean Howells Medal, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks