Out of Sight (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elmore Leonard
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Prisoners, Prisons, Love or romance, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Escapes, Rape, Florida, Michigan, Law enforcement
- Locales: Detroit, MI, Florida
In Out of Sight, the trademark gritty realism of Elmore Leonard's oeuvre is blended with a romance between criminal Jack Foley and U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco. The novel's opening is widely acknowledged to rank among Leonard's best, as he takes the reader through a daring prison break, modeled on a real escape from that same prison in 1995. As is his practice, the point of view shifts among three different characters in the first three chapters, as the same scene is viewed from three different angles.
The opening sentence of the novel, “Foley had never seen a prison where...
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