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Title: Killer: A Journal of Murder by Thomas E. Gaddis, James O. Long ISBN: 0848801636 Publisher: Amereon Ltd Pub. Date: April, 1986 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $24.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5

Rating: 5
Summary: Painfully Engrossing
Comment: Why this has not been made into a movie or mini-series eludes me!Anyone who reads this book will see how far our prison system has come but how far it yet needs to go. It is the true story of a life wasted. Carl Panzram was not created evil...he was a created evil by mans inhumanity to man. I believe he possessed a great intellect as one can tell from his writings but this same intellect was disgarded to fester and rot from a very early age. Imagine...this man was deprived of any real kindness until it was already too late to make a difference in his life. Unbelievable, you say? Read this book and you will believe!

Rating: 5
Summary: The best there is to read!
Comment: An excellent read that penitrates the mind of a serial killer. What's more shocking is that it actually happened! Panzram details his life from childhood through the hardships of adulthood which made him the hardcore savage animal that he ultimately became. I loved every minute of this book! It's a shame that it's so hard to find though or I'd buy my own copy and read it every night before I go to bed. I suggest that anyone who wants something new and exciting to read should pick up this work and start reading. The public library should have it. Get moving!

Rating: 5
Summary: A Very Intense Read
Comment: A modern-day, hardcore picaresque novel -- only it's a true story. Carl Panzram, an inhuman monster, pens his autobiography, blaming every one but himself for his brutal crimes against humanity. The movie based on the book distorts the savagery of the text. The Pranzram you meet in the text is NOT the same one portrayed in the movie . I enjoyed the way Gaddis framed the book with explications of important details of Carl's life and of American history in general at the time (a lot of it takes place in the early part of this century,) : it gave Carl's "book" fluidity and structure. Anyone interested in sociology or penalogy should pick up this book. If you're a crimewriter, you will particularly benefit from it. The book turned my hair gray.