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.Movie 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. Foley's character returned in Leonard's 2009 novel, '' Road Dogs''.References
{{Elmore Leonard 1996 American novels American crime novels Novels by Elmore Leonard American novels adapted into films United States Marshals Service in fiction Novels set in Detroit Novels set in Miami