Billy BathgateFrom the American master of historical fiction, an award winning coming of age story set amidst the gangster underworld of Depression era New York City. It's 1930s New York and Billy Bathgate, a fifteen year old high school dropout, has captured the attention of the infamous gangster Dutch Schultz. The product of an East Bronx upbringing by a dysfunctional Catholic mother and an absent Jewish father, Billy is captivated by the world of money, sex, and