Peck & Peck

<p><b>The number one bestselling author of global sensation </b><i>LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY</i><b> returns.</b><br><br>'<i>Charming, uplifting, soulful, and original</i>' <b>Kristin Hannah, bestselling author of </b><i><b>The Women</b></i><br><br>'<i>Laugh-out-loud funny. It is impossible not to be beguiled</i>' <i><b>Guardian</b></i><br> <b><br><i>Peck &amp; Peck</i> is the irresistible story of a young man whose life is turned upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck &amp; Peck . . .</b><br><br>It's 1982, New York City. Crime is on the rise, muggings are in the streets, and Batter Gray, recent college graduate with a skill that no one wants - an 'ear' for poetry - is worried about his future. While all his friends have real jobs, he's folding T-shirts at the Gap. As for love? No. Not unless you count Sallie Mae, the student loan tyrant. He hears from Sallie all the time.<br><br>But when Batter gets a dream job at Peck &amp; Peck, the most prestigious poetry quarterly in the world, his life moves into the literary fast lane. Soon Batter is knee-deep in the secret war between the two Editors in Chief, the famous Peck brothers - twins and enemies - as well as being privy to the private affairs of their thirty-nine editors, whose professed mission is the same: Find originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest. And by 'burn', they mean incinerate.<br><br>Because at Peck &amp; Peck, 'good' isn't good enough, 'interesting' doesn't cut it, plagiarists aren't tolerated, and parolees run the mailroom. Still want to submit your poem? Go with God.<br><br><b>Welcome to a dazzling and unforgettable novel from Bonnie Garmus, author of <i>Lessons in Chemistry</i>. Original, brilliantly funny and peopled with unforgettable characters, <i>Peck &amp; Peck </i>is both a passionate ode to the written word and a heartwarming exploration of all that makes us human.</b></p>