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    The Killer Within: In the Company of Monsters

    By Philip Carlo

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    “A unique and spellbinding memoir” by a New York Times–bestselling true crime writer who suddenly had to face a different kind of killer: ALS (Booklist).
     
    In researching his acclaimed true crime books, Philip Carlo interviewed some of the most infamous criminals of our time in prisons and on death rows throughout the country. But what wasn’t known to his many readers is that, while working on The Ice Man, he learned he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal illness that causes all of the muscles in the body to atrophy over time. Suddenly, after years of penetrating the minds of killers, Carlo found himself being pursued by the grim reaper. But rather than lying down and succumbing to the disease, Carlo continued to work.
     
    In The Killer Within, Carlo documents his difficult experiences with ALS and explains how he managed to continue writing prodigiously in the face of adversity. The Killer Within is a gripping, suspenseful book that delves into the netherworld of Mafia bosses, Mafia hit men, and serial killers—as well as the hard realities of dealing with a fatal disease.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJan 6, 2011
    ISBN9781468300857
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    The Killer Within: In the Company of Monsters
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    Philip Carlo

    Philip Carlo was the author of The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer, his New York Times bestselling book about Richard “Ice Man” Kuklinski, murderer of 200 people and a favorite among all seven of the East Coast crime families. He was also 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.

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