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1989
BILLY BATHGATE
E. L. Doctorow
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BILLY BATHGATE

by E. L. Doctorow

Random House · 1990

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Peak rank

#4

Weeks on list

12

Debuted

March 1989

Chart History

#1510151989
dashed = off the list

12 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #4

Billy Bathgate is an urban Huck Finn who comes of age in New York City in the 1930s as the protege of Dutch Schultz, one of the most abominable gangsters of his time, but one of life's great teachers as well. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

All Appearances

8NEWMarch 5, 1989wk 1
4↑4March 12, 1989wk 2
4—March 19, 1989wk 3
4—March 26, 1989wk 4
5↓1April 2, 1989wk 5
5—April 9, 1989wk 6
5—April 16, 1989wk 7
6↓1April 23, 1989wk 8
8↓2April 30, 1989wk 9
8—May 7, 1989wk 10
12↓4May 14, 1989wk 11
16NEWMay 28, 1989

Details

ISBN-13
9780816148998
ISBN-10
0816148996
Published
1990
Pages
470
Publisher
Random House
Categories
Fiction

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