The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer - Softcover

PHILIP CARLO

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845962125 ISBN 13: 9781845962128

Publisher: MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING, 2007

Synopsis

Top Mafia hit man. Doting father. For 30 years, Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on The Sopranos , becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey.Kuklinski was Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano at Sparks Steak House. John Gotti hired him to kill the neighbour who accidentally ran over his child. He was also intimately involved in the killing of Jimmy Hoffa. He conducted this sadistic business with cold-hearted intensity, never disappointing his customers. For an additional price, he would make his victims suffer. By his own estimate, he killed over 200 men, taking enormous pride in his cunning and the ferocity of his technique.Philip Carlo spent hundreds of hours with Kuklinski, his wife and his daughters, as well as with police and underworld sources. This research has resulted in an intimate and definitive portrait of a killer in the groundbreaking tradition of Peter Maas's bestselling biography of Sammy the Bull, Underboss , or Nicholas Pileggi's Wiseguy .

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From the Back Cover

Top Mob Hitman. Devoted Husband and father.  For thirty years, he led a double life—becoming the most notorious professional assassin in American history. This is the true story of THE ICE MAN

He was Sammy the Bull Gravano’s partner in the killing of Paul Castellano. John Gotti hired him to torture and kill his neighbor. A favorite among all the seven East Coast crime families, Richard “Ice Man” Kuklinski conducted his business with coldhearted intensity. By his own estimate, he murdered over two hundred men, taking enormous pride in his variety and ferocity of technique.

“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.”—New York Post

But behind Kuklinski’s trail of murder was a traditional, loving, Catholic family. A married father of three, Kuklinski was always regarded as being especially kind to children; he threw summer block parties in his New Jersey neighborhood, and he was always generous around Christmastime. And before his crimes finally caught up with him, his family never suspected a thing...

“A hell of a book, a brutal page-turner.”
—Larry King

About the Author

Philip Carlo was the author of Gaspipe, The Butcher, and The Night Stalker, which chronicles the brutal career of serial killer Richard Ramirez. Carlo grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, amidst the world's highest concentration of Mafia members. When he was 16, Carlo was shot in the head in a gang war, and while recuperating, he read voraciously, discovering the magic of books for the first time. His intimate knowledge of Mafia culture―their walk and their talk―helped Carlo become a successful crime writer. He died in 2010 from ALS.

Edition details

• Publisher: MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845962125
• ISBN 13: 9781845962128
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416