{"product_id":"the-butcher-anatomy-of-a-mafia-psychopath-isbn-9780061744662","title":"The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eGaspipe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Ice Man, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhillip Carlo \u003c\/em\u003ereturns with a hair-raising portrait of arguably the most depraved psychopath in the history of the Mafia, mob enforcer Tommy “Karate” Pitera. \u003cem\u003eThe Butcher \u003c\/em\u003etells the riveting true story of a hit man who loved his work too much—a maniac believed responsible for more than sixty remarkably brutal murders—whom even organized crime’s most cold-blooded assassins feared. Another riveting journey into the darkest corners of the underworld, Carlo’s \u003cem\u003eThe Butcher \u003c\/em\u003eis destined to be a true crime classic alongside \u003cem\u003eWiseguys \u003c\/em\u003eby Nicholas Pileggi and \u003cem\u003eUnderboss \u003c\/em\u003eby Peter Maas\u003cem\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eTommy “Karate” Pitera was not likeother mafiosi. A capo in the notoriousBonanno family—a deadlymartial artist highly skilled with knives andother lethal weapons—Pitera murdered hisway to becoming one of the premier assassinsin the New York mafia during the 1980s.He didn’t just whack people; he diabolicallymade them disappear forever. In hushedwhispers people spoke of Pitera’s secret burialgrounds and the grotesque things he did tohis victim’s bodies. If the Mafia had a JeffreyDahmer, it was surely Tommy Pitera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering the first-ever look at the life andcrimes of Tommy Pitera, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Philip Carlo exposes theman behind some of the most horrific murdersin Mafia history—and tells the story ofthe heroic investigator who brought himdown. Cloaked in the bloody history of LaCosa Nostra, \u003cem\u003eThe Butcher\u003c\/em\u003e is Carlo’s mostfrightening portrayal yet of the depraveddepths within a psychopath’s mind.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Absorbing…detailed, Phil Carlo allows the killer’s grotesque acts to be squarely view.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This powerful story is required reading for anyone with a yen for the Mafia, the criminal underworld and a law enforcement system struggling to keep up.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Carlo has given us an astonishing portrait of a killer not seen since In Cold Blood.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenis Hamill, New York Daily News on The Night Stalker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“And if your Sopranos addiction shows no signs of abating, check out Philip Carlo’s “Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss”, the tale of Anthony Casso, former Lucchese crime family boss, now serving 13 consecutive life sentences plus 455 years at a Colorado prison, who might be looking for some escapist reading of his own.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Phil Carlo paints a disturbing portrait of cold-blooded killer, Richard Ramirez. In the true crime tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song, Carlo compellingly tells the ghastly story from numerous points of view, including those of Ramirez and two ingenious sheriff’s detectives who finally cracked the case.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888635736293,"sku":"NP9780061744662","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061744662.jpg?v=1730229497","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-butcher-anatomy-of-a-mafia-psychopath-isbn-9780061744662","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}