"A fascinating tale, and there's stacks of authentic Yank history here to feast on too." -- Weekend Sport "On the subject of dark crime in its many manifestations, Schechter is a writer worth getting to know." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer "In a biography that is peppered with stories of the various characters and other acts of cannibalism, author Harold Schechter tells the tale of Packer, an epileptic, with excerpts from court records." -- The Denver Post "Schechter writes in a highly engaging, well-paced style.offering so many intriguing nuggets to structure his tales that even readers who think they already know this story (like me) will come away enriched." -- Psychology Today "Schechter relies on primary research and recent examinations into the exhumed bodies of Packer's five victims to answer the question that has lingered for over a century: Was Packer truly a monster or merely a victim of his circumstances?" -- New York Post "Detailed and carefully researched.[a] fascinating tale." -- i09 True Crime.