Out of Sight: A Novel
by Elmore Leonard
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Author: Elmore LeonardEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-14
ISBN: 0061740314
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Book Reviews of Out of Sight: A Novel
Book Review: Classic Leonard
Summary: 5 Stars
GET SHORTY's Chili Palmer might be just a little bit cooler than this book's hero, bank robber Jack Foley, but Foley is still pretty damn cool. Only in an EL novel, would a felon on the run put the moves on a US Marshal. Their meet-cute moment in the trunk of a car is a hoot. Reviewers have complained that the movie version of OUT OF SIGHT with J. Lo and George Clooney tops the book, but I disagree. They're each good in their own way, but EL's writing has a wry, interior texture that's never adequately captured on the screen. As usual, the plot is inventive, the characters jump off the page, and the dialogue is better than eating chocolate.
Summary of Out of Sight: A Novel
World-class gentleman felon Jack Foley is busting out of Florida's Glades Prison when he runs head on into a shotgun-wielding Karen Sisco. Suddenly he's sharing a cramped car trunk with the classy, disarmed federal marshal and the chemistry is working overtime?and as soon as she escapes, he's already missing her. But there are bad men and a major score waiting for Jack in Motown. And the next time his path crosses Karen's, chances are she's going to be there for business, not pleasure.
When Jack Foley, a career bank robber, surfaces after tunneling out of a medium-security penitentiary in Florida, he comes face to face with Karen Sisco, a beautiful federal marshal. Though the barrel of her shotgun is pointed right at his face, she doesn't shoot, and Foley's accomplice, Buddy, overpowers her and puts her in the trunk of a car. Foley gets in with her and the car takes off, the escapee seemingly home free. In the cramped darkness of the trunk, the criminal and marshal find they have much in common and by the time the car reaches its destination, the two have become infatuated with each other. After Karen manages to escape, she and Foley try to reconnect outside the confining roles of kidnapper and victim.
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