The Onion Field

The Onion FieldBy: Joseph Wambaugh 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

By: Joseph Wambaugh     

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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