<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Written by the bestselling author of "The Ice Man, The Butcher" is a gripping and disturbing account of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's four-year hunt to bring down Tommy "Karate" Pitera, a drug-dealing, murderous killer in the Bonanno crime family.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Gaspipe</em> and <em>The Ice Man, </em><em>Phillip Carlo </em>returns with a hair-raising portrait of arguably the most depraved psychopath in the history of the Mafia, mob enforcer Tommy "Karate" Pitera. <em>The Butcher </em>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. Another riveting journey into the darkest corners of the underworld, Carlo's <em>The Butcher </em>is destined to be a true crime classic alongside <em>Wiseguys </em>by Nicholas Pileggi and <em>Underboss </em>by Peter Maas<em>. </em></p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Tommy "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.</p><p>Offering the first-ever look at the life andcrimes of Tommy Pitera, <em>New York Times</em>bestselling 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, <em>The Butcher</em> is Carlo's mostfrightening portrayal yet of the depraveddepths within a psychopath's mind.</p>
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