The Onion Field

Authors: Wambaugh, Joseph
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: BIO024000, TRU002000, HIS036140
ISBN: 9780307489128, Related ISBNs: 0307489124, 0385341598, 0440173507, 0913369977, 9780307489128
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 512,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: 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
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