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The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath by Philip Carlo (Paperback, 2009)
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Written by the bestselling author of The Ice Man, The Butcher is a gripping and disturbing fly-on-the-wall account of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's four-year hunt to bring down Tommy 'Karate' Pitera, a drug-dealing, murderous capo in the Bonanno crime family. Born in 1954 and raised in Gravesend, Brooklyn, Pitera was a thin boy who was bullied as a result of his feminine voice. As a teenager, he became obsessed with martial arts and with a religious fervour began studying karate to protect himself. After winning a tournament, he travelled to Japan, where he trained for three years under one of the country's foremost martial arts experts. When he returned home in 1974, Pitera was a very different man. Quiet and introspective, sullen and aloof, he had developed his body into a fighting machine. He began associating with gangsters from the Bonanno family and was soon dealing drugs on a huge scale, while simultaneously embarking on a killing spree that spanned almost two decades. In 1992, Pitera was sentenced to life in prison for murdering six people and supporting a massive drug-dealing operation, yet this covered only a fraction of the crimes he committed. Pitera is thought to have murdered more than 60 people, cutting many of his victims into pieces before burying them on Staten Island. Exhaustively researched and written with the cooperation of the DEA agents who hunted Pitera down, The Butcher is the perfect good-versus-evil story and will send shivers down the spine of even the most hardened true-crime reader.Product Identifiers
PublisherTransworld LTD
ISBN-139781845965075
eBay Product ID (ePID)88519112
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
Publication NameThe Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCriminology
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorPhilip Carlo
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight453 g
Item Width153 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPhilip Carlo
TopicTrue Crime
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- 18 Jan, 2023
Fantastic book, i could'nt put it down
good read, dark and disturbing, i thoroughly enjoyed this book. if true crime is your thing, then get this book, you won't be disappointed.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Apr, 2017
Truly amazing jaw dropping book
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
