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Title: Out of Sight by Joe Mantegna, Elmore Leonard ISBN: 0-553-47718-8 Publisher: Bantam Books-Audio Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (48 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great book - dumb reviewer
Comment: That dumb reviewer would be me. The last two books I have read have been Elmore Leonard novels: "Touch" and "Out of Sight". Though I am an avid film buff, and was vaguely aware of the movies of the same name, this college-educated would-be writer never put, literally, two and two together to link these books until I finished this one and read of few of the Amazon reviews. Two movies are going to be rented tomorrow, and I will look into ways to get my IQ increased. What makes me an even bigger [idiot] is that I read both of these books a few years ago, and was giving them a "refresher" reading before writing the reviews.
So without seeing the movie, I will say that I liked the book very much. Just like "Touch", it's a short novel that almost makes me think I'm not reading a full book. But unlike "Touch", which I think could have gone on a lot longer, this one pretty much ends where it should. It tells the story of a bank robber who escapes jail. While doing so, a U.S. Marshall gets taken hostage, and the two wind up riding together in the trunk of a car as part of the getaway. I should mention that the Marshall is a very attractive young female wearing a designer outfit while stuffed in the car with the escapee.
Now being a Leonard novel, you have to throw convention out the window. The "hero" is a career criminal, who would have to kill as part of his job if necessary. He has also just whacked a prison guard with a two-by-four after betraying the participants of another breakout to make his own getaway. So he's not really the kind of guy you bring home to dad if you are a woman.
But wait, it's still a Leonard novel. The Marshall has ironically already been involved with a bank robber in her life, and is impressed how the robber acts like a gentleman during her ordeal. After she gets away, she finds herself strangely drawn to the man, a fact that is noticed by her father, himself a former lawman.
So of course these two have to somehow get together again, or we wouldn't have a story. Since we know this will happen, there is no suspense there. But how both feel about it before this happens makes the novel special. As he is escaping a thirty year sentence, with more to follow if caught, and she is sworn to uphold the law, they can't possibly make it together. Or can they?
See you at the video store.
Rating: 3
Summary: Pales to the movie
Comment: I gotta say that the book pales to the movie. If you've seen the movie, stop there. Read other Elmore Leonard novels like Rum Punch or Riding the Rap or KillShot. This one takes the same formula which is take 3 chapters, introduce the main sets of characters in the first two, and the conflict in the third, and let them wait it out with cultural references, odd dialogue, and comedic situations, and end it all in the end. The problem is the film makes the formula fresh by adding a great cast, nice camera work, nonlinear editing, a funky David Holmes score, and top-notch directing to tell the story. Here is it told from beginning to end and just seems rather bland and boring after seeing the film. And changing the races for alot of the characters (3 I'm thinking of right now) for the movie made it seem alot better. There is some latent racism in some Elmore Leonard books.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Good Buy!
Comment: OUT OF SIGHT sounded like a great read, dramatic, fast-paced, and sensual. The synopsis, in fact, greatly understated the quality of this book. Popular author Elmore Leonard provides a sharp, intelligent, quick read in this novel. Bank robber Jack Foley and federal marshal Karen Sisco have an undeniable chemistry that Leonard explores fully in every witty, clever page of this exciting book. The humor is constantly sharp, the dialogue always plausible, and the plot intriguing and sexy. Fans of this novel should definitely see the film version, which is surprisingly true to the plot of the novel. I purchased this book through Amazon.com right after another great purchase, THE LOSERS' CLUB by Richard Perez, about an unlucky writer addicted to the personals. Both are fun, recommended books. Enjoy!
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Title: Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard ISBN: 006008216X Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard ISBN: 0060082194 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Be Cool by Elmore Leonard ISBN: 0060082151 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Killshot by Elmore Leonard ISBN: 0060512245 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: 52 Pickup by Elmore Leonard ISBN: 0060083999 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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