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While Schultz is ultimately killed in a gangland feud, Billy manages to extricate Drew from his clutches and salt away Schultz's hidden fortune for himself. There Billy falls in love with Drew Preston, Schultz's girlfriend (and former lover of Bo Weinberg, whom Schultz himself murdered).

Schultz is at a low ebb, and takes Billy to upstate New York where he is awaiting trial. In 1930s Bronx, 15-year-old Billy gets a job with his idol, legendary mob figure Dutch Schultz. Story: Doctorow described Billy Bathgate as "a young man's sentimental education in the tribal life of gangsters". Since Billy Bathgate (1989), Doctorow has completed only two novels, maintaining a parallel career as an academic. The multi-award-winning Ragtime (1975) secured his reputation, showcasing his facility in creating what critic James Wood called "intricate historical brocades". The Book of Daniel (1971), a fictionalised treatment of the Rosenberg spy case, made his name and elevated him to the critical firmament. He grew up in the Bronx and worked in publishing before writing his first novel, the frontier tale Welcome to Hard Times, which was published in 1960. Converging mythology and history, one of America's most admired authors has captured the romance of gangsters and criminal enterprise that continues to fascinate the American psyche today.Author: EL Doctorow (b 1931) is a pre-eminent figure - along with Bellow, Mailer and Malamud - in the generation of Jewish-American novelists who emerged after the second world war. Doctorow's most convincing and appealing portrayal of a young boy's life. Relive this story through the title character's driving narrative, a child's thoughts and feelings filtered through the sensibilities of an adult, and the result is E.L. But it is also a world of extortion, brutality, and murder, where Billy finds himself involved in a dangerous affair with Schultz's girlfriend.

The product of an East Bronx upbringing by his half-crazy Irish Catholic mother, after his Jewish father left them long ago, Billy is captivated by the world of money, sex, and high society the charismatic Schultz has to offer. In 1930's New York, Billy Bathgate, a fifteen-year-old high-school dropout, has captured the attention of infamous gangster Dutch Schultz, who lures the boy into his world of racketeering.