This E.L. Doctorow title character joins Dutch Schultz's gang as a 15-year-old in 1930s New York City
Schultz becomes an unlikely surrogate parent to the boy
... [DOC] [TLE] Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow) | New and Used Books from Thrift Books [PAR] Billy Bathgate (By E.L. Doctorow)In the Bronx of the 1930s, 15-year-old Billy 
Bathgate hooks up with a legendary mobster, Dutch Schultz.