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The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh; James Ellroy is a true crime available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Onion Field about?
Review"A complex story of tragic proportions... more ambitious than In Cold Blood and equally compelling!"—The New York TimesFrom the PublisherThis 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
Who reads The Onion Field?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Joseph Wambaugh; James Ellroy
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- 1973
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307489128
- Category
- true crime
- Subjects
- History, Biography, True Crime
- Rating
- 4.13 / 5 (15,756 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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