Out of Sight (novel)

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First edition (publ. Delacorte Press)

Out of Sight is a 1996 [1] crime fiction novel by Elmore Leonard. [2]

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Plot

Jack Foley, a "gentleman bank robber," arranges a break-out from a Florida jail. The plan is interrupted by shotgun-toting Federal Marshal Karen Sisco. The pair end up in the trunk of the getaway car, where they find they have a mutual interest: classic Hollywood movies. [3]

Film adaptation

The novel was adapted to a 1998 movie of the same name directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney as Foley and Jennifer Lopez as Sisco. In 2003–04, an ABC-TV series followed, Karen Sisco , starring Carla Gugino as Sisco. [3]

Foley's character returned in Leonard's 2009 novel, Road Dogs . [4]

References

  1. ↑ Ed McBain (August 24, 1996). "A Love Story (With True Grit): Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Elmore Leonard, author of Get Shorty and Out of Sight, dies". The Guardian . August 21, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Christopher Orr (December 22, 2013). "The Elmore Leonard Paradox". The Atlantic . Atlantic Media . Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ Ramona Koval (September 24, 2009). "In conversation with Elmore Leonard". The Book Show . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved May 7, 2014.
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