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.

Autorentext
Bonnie Garmus war als Kreativdirektorin international vor allem in den Bereichen Medizin, Erziehung und Technologie tätig. Privat bevorzugt sie das Schwimmen im offenen Meer, wobei sie sich darauf konzentrieren muss, nicht darüber nachzudenken, was alles sonst noch unter ihr schwimmt. Gebürtig aus Kalifornien lebte sie lange in Seattle, wo sie sich ausgiebig dem Wettkampfrudern widmete. Sie ist außerdem Mutter zweier erwachsener Töchter und lebt aktuell mit ihrem Mann in London. Dies ist ihr erster Roman.