{"product_id":"9780312374655","title":"The Ice Man : Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ice Man\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Philip Carlo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Carlo's \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Man \u003c\/i\u003espent over six weeks on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller List. Top Mob Hitman\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Devoted Family Man. Doting Father. For thirty years, Richard \"The Iceman\" Kuklinski led a shocking double life, becoming the most notorious professional assassin in American history while happily hosting neighborhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Kuklinski was Sammy the Bull Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano, then head of the Gambino crime family, at Sparks Steakhouse. Mob boss John Gotti hired him to torture and kill the neighbor who accidentally ran over his child. For an additional price, Kuklinski would make his victims suffer; he conducted this sadistic business with coldhearted intensity and shocking efficiency, never disappointing his customers. By his own estimate, he killed over two hundred men, taking enormous pride in his variety and ferocity of technique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis trail of murder lasted over thirty years and took Kuklinski all over America and to the far corners of the earth, Brazil, Africa, and Europe. Along the way, he married, had three children, and put them through Catholic school. His daughter's medical condition meant regular stays in children's hospitals, where Kuklinski was remembered, not as a gangster, but as an affectionate father, extremely kind to children. Each Christmas found the Kuklinski home festooned in colorful lights; each summer was a succession of block parties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis family never suspected a thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Kuklinski is now the subject of the major motion picture titled \"The Iceman\"(2013), starring James Franco, Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, and Chris Evans.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Carlo effectively tells the life story of the family man who spent thirty years as a professional killer, while hosting barbecues in suburban New Jersey.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a work written like a novel . . . highly recommended.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We've all read novelists and true crime writers who try to put you inside the mind of the serial killer, but I can't remember one that succeeded with the physical and psychological intimacy of this collaboration between the writer and the killer himself.” —John Strausbausch, New York Press, on The Night Stalker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exceptionally well-told true crime tale.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly on The Night Stalker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312374655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40671082545358,"sku":"9780312374655","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_abf303ec-6d8a-49f3-9552-dbfb92747403.jpg?v=1639800050","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312374655","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}