{"product_id":"2940170538676","title":"What We Become: A Novel","description":"From #1 bestselling author and Dagger Award winner, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, comes an epic historical tale following the dangerous and passionate love affair between a beautiful high society woman and an elegant thief-a story of romance, adventure, and espionage, this novel solidifies Pérez-Reverte as an international literary giant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEn route from Lisbon to Buenos Aires in 1928, Max and Mecha meet aboard a luxurious transatlantic cruise ship. There Max teaches the stunning stranger and her erudite husband to dance the tango. A steamy affair ignites at sea and continues as the seedy decadence of Buenos Aires envelops the secret lovers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nice, 1937. Still drawn to one another a decade later, Max and Mecha rekindle their dalliance. In the wake of a perilous mission gone awry, Mecha looks after her charming paramour until a deadly encounter with a Spanish spy forces him to flee.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sorrento, 1966. Max once again runs into trouble-and Mecha. She offers him temporary shelter from the KGB agents on his trail, but their undeniable attraction offers only a small glimmer of hope that their paths will ever cross again.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Arturo Pérez-Reverte is at his finest here, offering readers a bittersweet, richly rendered portrait of a powerful, forbidden love story that burns brightly over forty years, from the fervor of youth to the dawn of old age.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169728708848,"sku":"2940170538676","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170538676_p0.jpg?v=1763711984","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170538676","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}