A former detective sergeant in the Los Angeles Police Department, Joseph Wambaugh is the author of five best-selling novels about cops. Wambaugh's first three books, written while he was a policeman, ...
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Critical Essay by Jerome Charyn
[In "Black Marble" Joseph Wambaugh] has created a detective, Andrei Mikhailovich Valnikov, who is almost as touching, variable and bravely idiotic as Nab...
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Jimmy Lee Smith, the lifelong criminal whose role in the 1963 kidnapping and killing of a police officer inspired Joseph Wambaugh's true-life crime novel "The Onion Field," has died in jail at age ...
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Today is Sunday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2007. There are 343 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 22, 1917, President Wilson pleaded for an end to war in Europe, calling for ...
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Like any successful company, NBC Universal has always celebrated green — as in money.But this week, green is taking on a whole new shade as the company goes with environmentally themed conten...
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WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERSFICTION1. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (Dutton)2. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Doubleday)3. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)4...
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Critical Essay by Jerome Charyn
'Onion Field' killer dead at 76
