One of the defining characteristics of most popular fiction is that within those particular stories society's most sacred values are brought out, examined for their worthiness and then tested by the situation the characters find themselves within. In the most successful stories, order is restored, and thus these traditional values are validated. These stories are said to have "happy endings"; society approves how the story concluded. In contemporary society fully half of all marriages end in divorce, while political and religious leaders are consistent in their call for a return to the traditional values which they say made America great. Is morality a coat that can be taken on or off according to the situation? Are these two finely-detailed characters moral, immoral, or amoral? A useful starting point for group discussions would be how Out Of Sight (and Leonard's previous novels) critiques our society's values and...