{"product_id":"the-butcher-lp-9780061885020","title":"The Butcher LP","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarlo, Philip:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePhilip Carlo was born and raised on the mean streets of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn--the same streets Tommy Pitera hailed from. There, Carlo earned a Ph.D. in street smarts, and he escaped a life of crime by writing about it with unusual insight. He is the author of the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThe Night Stalker\u003c\/em\u003e, about notorious serial killer Richard Ramirez, and \u003cem\u003eThe Ice Man\u003c\/em\u003e, about infamous Mafia contract killer Richard Kuklinski. Carlo lives with his wife, Laura, in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51180894552338,"sku":"9780061885020","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8e8399e-af7b-4aa5-aeba-b4c6563d469d.jpg?v=1744385448","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-butcher-lp-9780061885020","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}