{"product_id":"9780312938840","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“A hell of a book, a brutal page-turner.” —\u003ci\u003eLarry King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Philip Carlo captured the essence of who my husband was.” —\u003ci\u003eBarbara Kuklinski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Spine-chilling…readers will become so engrossed in the details that they'll forget that this is a true story.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reading \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Man\u003c\/i\u003e left me cold, perplexed, horrified. No one today writing about the criminals, the streets, has the insight and innate knowledge of the criminal mind. I highly recommend this book.” —\u003ci\u003eJoey Reynolds, host of WOR Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Carlo writes with the sharpness of a stiletto. His words are cutting and brutal and meaningful. I could not put \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Man\u003c\/i\u003e down. It is the most compelling book I have ever read.” —\u003ci\u003eLouis Free, the Heartland Radio Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What Philip Carlo did was capture the heart and soul of Richard Kuklinski. I could not put his book down.” —\u003ci\u003eHBO Producer Gaby Monet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Both my wife and I read this book.  While we were reading the book, neither one of us spoke to the other for days.” —\u003ci\u003eGeorge Nooray, Coast to Coast Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312938840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40671082119374,"sku":"9780312938840","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_089a8587-88cb-4750-b4f4-585ca20f3234.jpg?v=1639800045","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312938840","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}