The Onion Field
Published on 26. November 2008
512 pages
978-0-307-48912-8 (ISBN)
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological."-Truman Capote
This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field.
"A complex story of tragic proportions . . . more ambitious than In Cold Blood and equally compelling!"-The New York Times
"Once the action begins it is difficult to put the book down. . . . Wambaugh's compelling account of this true story is destined for the bestseller lists."-Library Journal
This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field.
"A complex story of tragic proportions . . . more ambitious than In Cold Blood and equally compelling!"-The New York Times
"Once the action begins it is difficult to put the book down. . . . Wambaugh's compelling account of this true story is destined for the bestseller lists."-Library Journal
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The Onion Field
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The Onion Fields
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Joseph Wambaugh is the hard-hitting best-selling writer who conveys the passionate immediacy of a special world. A master storyteller...authenticity oozes from his books.
