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BILLY BATHGATE by E.L. Doctorow (Random House; $19.95). A fictional Bronx boy, circa 1935, is accepted into the inner councils of the infamous Dutch Schultz gang and survives murderous adventures to tell a chilling and incendiary tale...
BILLY BATHGATE by E.L. Doctorow (Random House; $19.95). A fictional Bronx boy, circa 1935, is accepted into the inner councils of the infamous Dutch Schultz gang and survives murderous adventures to tell an incendiary tale...
Part of the allure springs from the subject, which plays upon the mysterious fascination that outlaws and gangsters have always held for law-abiding American citizens. In this, Billy is a native son of his place and time, a poor section of the Bronx in 1935, which is distinguished in his eyes only by the fact that the famous Dutch Schultz grew up there. In truth, Schultz still runs a beer drop in the vicinity, even though Prohibition has been repealed: "We were honored to know that our neighborhood was good enough for one of his places, we were proud...
...they spout ideology, not information. But many students seem to appreciate peace promoters' efforts at consumer education, even if they do not always follow the advice. After listening to a member of the War Resisters League, Philip Jee, 17, a senior at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, remained unshaken in his determination to become a Navy pilot. "It made me think," he said of the presentation. "But it didn't make me change my mind...
...Doctorow's Billy Bathgate is the tale of a Bronx boy who comes under the vivid tutelage of a gangster named Dutch Schultz. Combustible reading...