{"product_id":"9781429986595","title":"Gorgeous East: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sweeping tale of love and redemption, honor and war, Robert Girardi's \u003ci\u003eGorgeous East \u003c\/i\u003efollows three French For eign legionnaires of very different backgrounds from the cliffs of Mont Saint-Michel to Istanbul's ancient alley ways, from raucous Parisian bars to the desolate Sahara. \u003ci\u003eGorgeous East \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on an epic and unfor get table ad ven ture with the wonderful John Smith, a lost Brooklynite they call the Handsome American Cowboy; Colonel de Noyer, the elder statesman slowly going mad; and Cap tain Pinard, whose past is so hideous he can't find love outside the Legion's walls. When a mission in the Sahara goes horribly wrong, one legionnaire must wage battle against a rogue terrorist group and rescue his brothers-in-arms. In this tremendous return to form, Girardi show cases his sheer love of language and lumi n ous sense of place to deliver a masterful novel of the hearts and minds of soldiers of fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124700528880,"sku":"9781429986595","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429986595_p0.jpg?v=1769903280","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429986595","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}