This is a true-crime story that is not your usual true-crime fare. This book is written by a college student who did a thesis on serial killers and decided to befriend several well-known serial killers: Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, and a few lesser known others.

He meticulously researched the type of person (victim) that would get a response from these killers and once he got a response, he would then establish a penpal type of system. He did exchange multiple letters with most of the killers, but by far and away the person who he corresponded with the most was John Wayne Gacy. With Gacy, not only did he exchange letters, but he also talked on the phone with him and he met him in person at the prison. I will stop there as any more will just be a spoiler.

Again, as this is not your usual true-crime scenario, I thought this was an interesting approach and enlightening peek into the death row lifestyle. I did think that the narrator / author was somewhat precocious and kinda got on my nerves with his bragging about his perfect lifestyle (this seemed to go away once he started corresponding with the killers). There is a moderate amount of references to sex acts throughout the book.