description: In the Bronx of the 1930s, 15-year-old Billy Bathgate hooks up with a legendary mobster, Dutch Schultz. Schultz becomes an unlikely surrogate parent to the boy, introducing him to the ways of the world and training Billy to follow in his footsteps. After Billy falls for Schulz's latest girlfriend, he begins to question the actions of the mob he was so eager to join. As he seeks to protect the young woman, he gains strength in following his own heart and makes a courageous passage from boyhood to adulthood.
language: English
title: Billy Bathgate
titlecomplete: Billy Bathgate
genres: Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, American, Literature, Classics, Novels, New York, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 7257
places: Bronx, New York City, New York, 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: G.K. Hall & Company