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  • By: Elmore Leonard
  • Narrator: George Guidall
  • Length: 6 hours 49 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: October 12, 2010
  • Language: English
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Out of Sight Audiobook Summary

Before there was Raylan, there was Sisco… U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is on the hunt for world-class gentleman felon Jack Foley in Out of Sight, New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard’s sexy thriller that moves from Miami to the Motor City.

Based on Miami, Florida’s Gold Coast, U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco isn’t about to let a expert criminal like Jack Foley successfully bust out of Florida’s Glades Prison. But there’s a major score waiting for him in Detroit, and a shotgun-wielding marshal isn’t going to stop Foley from getting it.

Neither counted on sharing a cramped car trunk–or on a sizzling chemistry that’s working overtime. As soon as Sisco escapes, Foley is already missing her.

Sisco can’t forget Foley either–and she isn’t about to let him go. Too bad the next time their paths cross, it’s going to be about business, not pleasure.

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George Guidall is the narrator of Out of Sight audiobook that was written by Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers Raylan, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, Get Shorty, and Rum Punch, as well as the acclaimed collection When the Women Come Out to Dance, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The short story "Fire in the Hole," and three books, including Raylan, were the basis for the FX hit show Justified. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.

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Out of Sight Full Details

Narrator George Guidall
Length 6 hours 49 minutes
Author Elmore Leonard
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date October 12, 2010
ISBN 9780061993831

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The publisher of the Out of Sight is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780061993831.

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Goodreads Reviews

PattyMacDotComma

April 30, 2019

3.5★“Another guy, he goes in the bank holding a bottle he says is nitroglycerin. He scores some cash off a teller, he's on his way out when he drops the bottle. It shatters on the tile floor, he slips in the stuff, cracks his head and they've got him. The nitro was canola oil. I know more f**ked-up bank robbers than ones that know what they're doing.”And there are more stories of stuffed-up jobs where this came from. Entertaining, good dialogue and action, but. . . I just couldn’t bring myself to accept the relationship that develops that was the crux of the story. I completely forgot that I’d seen the 1998 film made not long after this was written. George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez? Yeah, believable. But the characters in this didn’t seem to have their kind of charisma, and I would never have picked them for these roles (although I'm sure they would have helped the movie). Maybe I’m just in a grouchy reading mood, but this didn’t hit the heights for me that I was hoping for. Mind you, it’s still a good read, so I’m rounding up to 4 stars. Briefly, she is a federal marshal, they are bank robbers in prison, she’s outside the prison waiting to go in when they bust out and grab her and her car. Action!Karen Sisco’s experienced with prisoners because part of her job is picking them up and escorting them across the country to other prisons. So she’s not as helpless and shocked as you or I would be in kidnapping circumstances. She also grew up with a father working in law enforcement, and this is almost second nature for her, so I have to make allowances for all that. But dad’s not thrilled with an assignment..“They were quiet for a while in the last of the day's light. Her dad said, ‘I don't want to lose you. I think I’m gonna live forever and I need my daughter around. I lost your mother, that's enough.’ There was a silence again. This time he said, 'You're too smart to pack a gun and deal with felons. You're too smart and you're too nice a person.’”She talks everything over with Dad. Even in her imagination, she hears his advice, his opinion. It’s a bit like the “What would your mother say?” voice that many people hear as their conscience. But this is about practical, on-the-spot advice about how to judge people or handle a situation.He talks about her dodgy former boyfriends, cool guys, except they turned out to be criminals. She makes excuses that she didn’t know, but he knows she’s a better judge of character than that.The crooks in this escapade range from silly, dim-witted guys who are a bit like the slippery fellow in the opening quotation to cold-blooded psychopaths. Jack Foley, one of the prison escapees is a well-known bank-robber and he considers himself pretty cool. But he’s starting to think there’s more to life.“‘You know, after a while it gets to be the same old thing. You try to come up with ways to make it interesting.’‘Like any job, sure, it gets boring,’ Buddy said. ‘But there other trades, like burglary, home invasion ...’Foley shook his head. ‘I couldn't be a burglar, it's too sneaky. And it's hard work. You pick up TV sets, you need a truck. You swipe jewelry you have to know if it's worth anything.’”I guess all jobs have a downside, and Jack’s resigned to his. Whenever he needs money, he just walks into a bank and takes some. You wouldn’t believe how easy it is. This is 20 years old, but I expect there are still some of these tricks that might work in the right circumstances.All in all, entertaining and one that's been enjoyed by thousands of Elmore Leonard fans.

Ɗẳɳ 2.☊

January 28, 2019

As career criminal, and bank robber extraordinaire, Jack Foley scans the prison yard, he can see how the rest of his life is going to play out and wants no part of it. He’s done doing time and past his third strike, so his only viable option is to plot his escape. But nowhere in all that planning did he account for someone like Karen Sisco.Karen’s a U.S. Marshal, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. And, in the chaos of the escape, the two end up locked in the trunk of her car, with Jack’s buddy behind the wheel. Even though he’s just broken out of jail and covered in filth, she doesn’t seem the least bit scared. His cool, calm demeanor puts her completely at ease and there’s an immediate repartee. They get to talking about life and movies, and he soon wonders what would’ve happened if they met under different circumstances, like at a bar. Where would the night lead? Where would their lives lead? Even though she’s got an arsenal within arm’s reach, he doesn’t seem the least bit concerned. In fact, when their brief ride is over, he feels compelled to take her along, on the next leg of their journey, if only to continue their conversation.Essentially, at the exact moment he was about to start his life over—live free or die trying—fate throws a monkey wrench in his best-laid plans. And, oddly enough, the feelings are mutual. She’s attracted to him in the same way she’s attracted to those cowboy cops who really aren’t all that much different than the bank robbers themselves.After the two get separated, the rest of the story becomes a cat and mouse game, as she attempts to catch him, and he pines over the thought calling a timeout to let her.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJmER...So . . . I’m a little embarrassed to admit this was the first Elmore Leonard book I’ve read—jack of all genres, master of none, that’s me. Although, I’m a long-time fan of many of his adaptations; movies like Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, 3:10 to Yuma, the criminally underrated Life of Crime, and, of course, the terrific TV series Justified. But, out of all those Hollywood productions, Out of Sight is arguably the best of the bunch. I mean, who could forget that iconic trunk scene with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, or that terrible Albert Brooks toupee? And, you know the movie was playing with house money when actors like Michael Keaton, Viola Davis, and Samuel L. Jackson were doing cameos. So, after being impressed, but not blown away by the book, I was fully prepared to declare this as one of those rare exceptions where the movie was superior to its source material. However, after a recent rewatch that’s a much harder argument to make. For one, the two were remarkably similar. All the major set pieces, scenes, and a surprising amount of the dialog were the exact same. While the differences were mostly minor, like using flashbacks and flash-forwards to play around with the timeline, expanding Ripley’s role from the book—it’s Albert Brooks, for Pete’s sake, why wouldn’t you?—and cutting a few irrelevant scenes to save time—mostly some daddy/daughter heart-to-hearts. All in all, it was a pretty faithful adaption . . . right up until the ending that is. In the movie’s version of events, one of the main characters pulls off the miraculous feat of avoiding his fate. And, the film also ends on an upbeat note which sort of killed the fatalistic, noir vibe of the book. Oddly though, I thought both endings worked perfectly and were the correct choices for their mediums.Where the movie actually did surpass the book was in its leads. The chemistry between Clooney and J.Lo was electric. Clooney nailed the smooth-talking criminal trope, and Lopez was the perfect blend of sexy and tough. When you compare that to the book version of Jack Foley, an over-the-hill, Joe Schmo, and Karen Sisco, a stereotypical skinny, blonde, bombshell, there’s really no comparison. Word is Leonard enjoyed the film so much that it inspired him to pen a sequel, in the hopes that Clooney might one day reprise his role as Jack Foley.Bottom line: If you’re interested in the story, you can’t go wrong with whichever format you choose to inject it into your brain. The writing was solid, but a little too dialogue heavy for my taste—which is funny because I’m a huge fan of many dialogue-driven films, like Tarantino is famous for. But then, that style is easier to pull off in a visual medium where the cinematography can fill in much of the details, than in the written word when you’re relying solely on the dialog to flesh out the characters and set the scene.There’s also an interesting bonus section at the end of the book that includes the short piece Elmore Leonard wrote for The New York Times in which he outlined his 10 Rules of Writing. It’s rather insightful and funny, and worth a quick read, even though I don’t agree with a lot of it. You can check it out for yourself right here: https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/08...

robin

January 13, 2023

A Love Story From Elmore LeonardI had been reading and brooding over some difficult books and some merely pretentious books and found I needed a lighter touch. Elmore Leonard (1925 -- 2013) is a writer I have come increasingly to appreciate, and I turned to his novel "Out of Sight" (1996), in part because it was the only novel in the Library of America's four-novel compilation of late Elmore Leonard novels that I hadn't read. This novel gave me what I needed and more. It is a crime novel with Leonard's light touch and snappy dialogue, but it is also a surprisingly touching love story and character study.Set in Florida and in Leonard's beloved Detroit, the book tells of the relationship between Jack Foley and Karen Sisco. Foley, 49, is a lifelong bank robber while Sisco, 27, is an ambitious Deputy U.S. Marshall in Miami. The unlikely pair meets by chance as Foley is escaping from a Florida prison at the same time that Sisco arrives at the prison to serve a summons. Foley and his cohorts worry that Sisco will foil their escape. Thus he and Sisco are bundled together in the trunk of the escape vehicle and, at close awkward quarters, get to know each other and to develop an undeniable chemistry as they share their love of movies. After a series of events in Miami, Foley, as a wanted fugitive and felon, finds himself in Detroit and Sisco is sent in pursuit. The two -- the fugitive and felon and the law -- meet up and continue in an unlikely but moving way.The novel is strong on character development as the two lovers learn about each other, about themselves, and about the gulfs between them. Leonard also develops the two individuals independently. He shows Sisco's relationship to her overbearing father and to her earlier romantic interests, which included another felon. Sisco also is dedicated to her career and to moving ahead in the face of men who are reluctant to take her entirely seriously. Foley has had a life of crime in and out of prison. He maintains a relationship with his sister, a former nun, and tries to come across as humane and cultivated.The book has a host of secondary characters, including Foley's partners in his escape, Sisco's colleagues, and several unsavory criminals and hangers-on in Detroit. The characterizations are well-individuated but the story has its slow moments. The initial scenes in the prison and in Foley's and Sisco's initial meeting are slower-paced than much of Leonard but well done. I found some of the scenes in Miami slow-going but the book and the writing pick up markedly in the second half of the work with the Detroit setting. Leonard's dialogue in the Detroit scenes becomes snappy and sharp and the criminal characters are menacing indeed. There are effective scenes of Detroit life, including the world of boxing. But the most moving part of the book is the continuation of the love affair and of its affect on the two protagonists. The book features passionate, and convincing feelings between Sisco and Foley before the inevitable unraveling as the parties to the relationship return to pursue their own conflicting ways of life."Out of Sight" showed me a facet of Leonard I hadn't seen before. The book was made into a film directed by Steven Soderbergh, and Leonard brought back the character of Jack Foley in his less-successful 2009 novel, "Road Dogs". The book deserves its inclusion in the LOA volume. I enjoyed reading this tough-minded yet romantic portrayal of a difficult love.Robin Friedman

Mike

November 12, 2022

Enjoyable read. I can see George Clooney in the film version as the love struck bank robber Jack Foley. Here he falls for a federal Marshall Karen Sisco in the trunk of a car while escaping jail.My first Elmore Leonard. Enjoyed his writing style. Fleshed out characters and cracking dialogue and action.

Josh

October 26, 2015

Forbidden romance, a prison break, necessary violence, and a score too big to ignore – Jack Foley, a career bank robber has his hands full in Elmore Leonard’s OUT OF SIGHT.On the run following a successful prison break, Foley, dressed as a guard runs into US Marshal Karen Sicsco just as he breathes the faint scent of freedom. In no time Karen’s bounded up in the truck with Foley as his getaway driver makes for greener pastures. The two get to talking and an instant rapport is formed that plays out as the novel progresses – even after the two are separated by circumstances both of which they control their connection is continually referenced and forms a large part of the broader plot mechanics.Like any novel written by Elmore Leonard, the dialogue is crisp, clever and straight to the point – you won’t find any filler content in OUT OF SIGHT. The plot is multifaceted; from the original prison break to the two robberies that play out leading to Karen and Foley’s reunion – a lot happens but it’s written in such a way as the reader doesn’t get lost in the different perspectives. http://justaguythatlikes2read.blogspo...

Matthew

June 21, 2021

Somehow I never read this one. Gave me newfound respect for the film, which lifts whole passage of dialogue straight from the book, while also improving on the structure and stakes in other places. Any author would be lucky to have their work adapted so well. But, it all starts with the book, which is a delightful read and yet more evidence of why Leonard was peerless in the 80s and 90s.

Daniel

May 19, 2017

Whatever it takes, make it through the first third of this book. It may seem like Leonard is phoning it in. The characters are good, but not as brightly unique as his characters usually are. The plot is good but it also seems driven to the point of predictability.Then what you think is going to happen actually happens and it's amazing. You know it's going to happen but you don't think about the consequences. That's how he gets you. I've never had a book jump from 3 to 5 stars in the course of a single chapter. It was amazing and I knew it was going to happen. And then it continues from there into this symphony of life turned upside-down. Morals become the only defining factor separating good from pure evil, and brutal honesty, the type of honesty that only lives inside of oneself, makes the ending a pit of truth. Out of Sight is the best Elmore Leonard novel that I've read so far.

Leftbanker

March 30, 2019

If I’m not careful I’m going to run out of Elmore Leonard books that I haven’t read at least once. I saw the excellent movie version of this first so I thought that I’d write two reviews at once.There is absolutely nothing wrong with this movie, even Jennifer Lopez puts in a more than adequate performance. There are at least a dozen other people in the film who could walk off into their own sequel. I call that good directing, and Soderbergh is among the best at his best.Out of Sight is by far the best adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel—Justified runs close but that was a series so please don’t make me choose. Shit, I almost forgot about Get Shorty. Let me think about this for a bit. His books are often perfect blueprints for films as almost everything cool that happens in the movies comes right off the page.Leonard was in to making politically correct novels way before anyone else had considered it. He writes a great female protagonist years before anyone else had don it. This in itself means little to me, but he also wrapped it into a great little novel.Talking about Joe Lewis:"The Brown Bomber," Foley said, "it sounds racist. You have to be careful these days, you can sound like a racist without even trying.”You can say that twice. You have idiots today who think they are saving the world by inventing new shit they think is racist, and exhuming rotten corpses from the past to hold up for public execution in mock Cultural Revolution-style trials.I love the fact that Leonard has more than two colors in his box when painting his bad guys. They are never cartoonishly evil like you see in most films today. He can also write some decent romantic lines: They made love and she didn't speak or make a sound until she began to say his name again, "Jack?" He asked her what. But that's all she was doing, saying his name, saying it over and over until she was saying it pretty loud and then stopped saying it. No woman had ever said his name like that before.The ending was excellent, better than the book. The big split between the novel and the film is the movie’s fairy tale ending of Foley sharing a ride back to prison with Hajirrah, something of a wizard on prison escapes and played by Sam Jackson, all of this orchestrated by Karen Sisco.

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