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The killer within in the company of monsters

During his stellar career, true-crime author Philip Carlo has interviewed some of the world's coldest minds and most callous killers. However, when he was writing his book about the notorious mob hitman known as the Ice Man, he learned that he had a terminal condition called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Here, Carlo describes he struggles ALS and how he continued to successfully write despite the illness.

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  • "During his stellar career, true-crime author Philip Carlo has interviewed some of the world's coldest minds and most callous killers. However, when he was writing his book about the notorious mob hitman known as the Ice Man, he learned that he had a terminal condition called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Here, Carlo describes he struggles ALS and how he continued to successfully write despite the illness."@en
  • "Reveals how the author was diagnosed with ALS while interviewing infamous killers for his books, offering insight into how he was able to maintain a writing career in spite of health challenges."@en
  • "In researching his acclaimed true-crime books, Philip Carlo has interviewed some of the most infamous criminals and killers of our times in prisons and on death rows throughout the country. He has been able to forge trusting relationships with his subjects, enabling him to extract the facts behind their monstrous acts and identify what motivated them to commit their horrific crimes ..."@en
  • "In researching his acclaimed true-crime books, Philip Carlo interviewed some of the most infamous criminals of our times in prisons throughout the country. He was able to forge trusting relationships with them, enabling him to extract the facts behind their infamous acts and identify what motivated them to commit their horrific crimes. While working on The Ice Man, Carlo learned he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal illness. After years of penetrating the minds of killers, Carlo found himself being pursued by the grim reaper. Rather than give up, Carlo continued to work. In The Killer Within, Carlo documents his difficulties with ALS and explains how he managed to continue writing prodigiously in the face of adversity."
  • "In researching his acclaimed true crime books, Phil Carlo has interviewed some of the most infamous criminals and killers of our times in prisons throughout the country. He has been able to forge trusting relationships with his subjects, enabling him to extract the facts behind their infamous acts and identify what motivated them to commit their horrific crimes. What wasn't known to his readers is that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal illness that causes the muscles to atrophy over time. But rather than lying down and succumbing to the disease, Carlo continued to work. Here, he documents his experiences with ALS and explains how he has managed to continue to write prodigiously in the face of adversity. This book pulls the reader into the netherworld of Mafia bosses, hit men and serial killers, as well as the hard realities of dealing with a fatal disease."@en
  • "True crime writer Philip Carlo has interviewed some of the world's coldest minds and callous killers. But when he was diagnosed with ALS, he had to learn to deal with an entirely new kind of killer."
  • ""In researching his acclaimed true crime books, Phil Carlo has interviewed some of the most infamous criminals and killers of our times in prisons throughout the country. He has been able to forge trusting relationships with his subjects, enabling him to extract the facts behind their infamous acts and identify what motivated them to commit their horrific crimes. What wasn't known to his readers is that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal illness that causes the muscles to atrophy over time. But rather than lying down and succumbing to the disease, Carlo continued to work. Here, he documents his experiences with ALS and explains how he has managed to continue to write prodigiously in the face of adversity. This book pulls the reader into the netherworld of Mafia bosses, hit men and serial killers, as well as the hard realities of dealing with a fatal disease."--From publisher description."

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