Author Bonnie Garmus achieved fame when her first book Lessons in Chemistry was published. The book was popular with book discussion groups and was on the best seller lists for many weeks. Peck & Peck is her newest publication.
This time Garmus follows a young protagonist, Batter Gray, as he grows up and dreams of a career as a poet. Batter Gray starts out life as a young boy who does not fit in with the other boys at school. His parents are always suggesting he find a more profitable career to pursue. We follow him through his college years, to New York City where he works at a copy shop, a diner and a Gap store folding tee shirts.
When he stumbles across the publishing company, Peck & Peck, producers of the legendary poetry journal, he feels that he will finally achieve his dream.
Through a series of confusing yet mysterious encounters, Batter is fast becoming embroiled in the workplace infighting and controversies of the Peck family and the employees. All the characters in this novel are eccentric and quirky. There are many twists and turns and a plethora of characters. There are many great lines to remember and the author does a good job of making a non poetry lover question their decision.
Though I would not rate this novel as good as her first, it was a entertaining novel.
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