The New Centurions (novel)

The New Centurions
First edition cover
AuthorJoseph Wambaugh
LanguageEnglish
GenreDetective novel
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
Publication date
January 30, 1971
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages384 pp
ISBN0-316-92145-9

The New Centurions (1971), is a novel by American writer Joseph Wambaugh. It explores the stresses of police work in Los Angeles, California, in the early 1960s. The author wrote the novel, his first, while he was still a working member of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The novel was adapted as a film of the same name starring George C. Scott and Stacy Keach.