[2] 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] 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.
[3] Foley's character returned in Leonard's 2009 novel, Road Dogs.