Writing entirely in an idiomatic first-person narrative, Doctorow summons up a mythic historical epoch in convincing detail.įilm-makers: Disney subsidiary Touchstone bought the rights before publication, and hired Kramer Vs Kramer (1979) director Robert Benton, who had co-scripted another gangster film, Bonnie and Clyde (1968), at the start of his career. 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. Urn:oclc:463308080 Republisher_date 20121121200113 Republisher_operator Scandate 20121119213700 Scanner : 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. OL18153562W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 89.77 Pages 344 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:8202120551 Urn:lcp:billybathgatenov00doc_0mg:epub:b5f84d02-a9f8-4f92-bdf0-44eb38069a63 Extramarc University of Pennsylvania Franklin Library Foldoutcount 0 Identifier billybathgatenov00doc_0mg Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3rv1v49x Isbn 9780394525297Ġ452280028 Lccn 88042820 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary OL2061358M Openlibrary_edition

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