The Butcher
Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 29, 2009
The New York Times bestselling author of Gaspipe and The Ice Man, Phillip Carlo returns with a hair-raising portrait of arguably the most depraved psychopath in the history of the Mafia, mob enforcer Tommy “Karate” Pitera.
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- Who it’s for
- A true-crime portrait of a feared Mafia enforcer, focused on organized crime’s darker edges.
- Themes
- Mafia and organized crime, Hit men and murder, Psychopathy
- Genres
- Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Serial Killers
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The New York Times bestselling author of Gaspipe and The Ice Man, Phillip Carlo returns with a hair-raising portrait of arguably the most depraved psychopath in the history of the Mafia, mob enforcer Tommy “Karate” Pitera. The Butcher tells 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.
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Another riveting journey into the darkest corners of the underworld, Carlo’s The Butcher is destined to be a true crime classic alongside Wiseguys by Nicholas Pileggi and Underboss by Peter Maas.
Underworld Portrait
A true-crime portrait of a feared Mafia enforcer, focused on organized crime’s darker edges.
Come here for
- A grim, sustained account of mob violence and a notorious criminal figure
Expect
- A hair-raising portrait grounded in a true story
Where it sits
| Organized Crime | 80% |
|---|---|
| Serial Killers | 67% |
| Criminals & Outlaws | 56% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sports Lives
- Criminals & Outlaws
- Criminal Law
- Espionage
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- Murder & Homicide
- Serial Killers
- Organized Crime
- Historical True Crime
- Authors
- Philip Carlo
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 29, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Mafia and organized crime · Hit men and murder · Psychopathy
- Reading lane
- Sports Lives