Peck & Peck

Peck & Peck tells the irresistible story of a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck.

Batter Gray is worried about his future. Even when he was eleven, his classmates seemed to have settled on a goal: doctor, lawyer, broker, engineer. Good jobs that automatically command respect and security. Now Batter is in his early 20s, living in New York City, and he wants something different; something that alienates some people and bores most. Poetry. And yet to him - and exactly thirty-nine editors at a company called Peck & Peck - poetry not only represents the power of humanity but holds the key to its survival.

Batter was named after his mother's dog, who seemed to have achieved more in his short years on earth than he ever will. But as an identical twin who lost his brother at birth, Batter finds himself confronted by the everyday dualities that make up life: right vs. wrong, truth vs. lies, rejection vs. acceptance. It's almost as if his dead brother is a reminder: there are always two sides to every story.

No, wait. Make that three.

In Peck & Peck, Bonnie Garmus has created a tour de force of a novel. Hugely original, brilliantly funny and peopled with unforgettable characters, Peck & Peck is both a passionate ode to the written word and a heartwarming exploration of all that makes us human.

From the author of the award-winning, global bestseller Lessons in Chemistry:

• Translated into more than forty languages and developed as a major TV series for Apple TV
• Featured on BBC Radio 4 and BBC TV Between the Covers
• Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award
• Winner of the Books are My Bag Reader's Choice Award
• Winner of the Books are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award
• Winner of the Paul Torday Prize
• Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize
• Shortlisted for the HWA Crown Award
• A Book of the Year for: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS, Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, India Knight, Hay Festival, Waterstones, Amazon and many more
• Bonnie Garmus was awarded Author of the Year at the British Book Awards

Praise for Lessons in Chemistry:

• 'Sparky, rip-roaring, funny' SUNDAY TIMES
• 'The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've read in ages' INDIA KNIGHT, Book of the Year
• 'Funny, thought-provoking and stylish' GUARDIAN
• 'I loved it' NIGELLA LAWSON
• 'Iconic' PANDORA SYKES
• 'Page-turning and highly satisfying tale' MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD