{"product_id":"peck-peck-a-novel","title":"Peck \u0026 Peck: A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE FALL FOR OPRAH DAILY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, AND \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE NEW YORK POST \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e \n    \u003cbr\u003e \n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FOR CBS, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE BOSTON GLOBE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCOUNTRY LIVING\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLIT HUB,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBOOKPAGE, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAND MORE!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e \n    \u003cbr\u003e \n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe #1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author of global sensation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e returns with an irresistible, delightful, and tender literary novel set in the publishing world of 1980s New York City about 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePeck \u0026amp; Peck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e \n    \u003cbr\u003e \n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFind originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003eIt’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 of 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 \n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the time.\n    \u003cbr\u003e \n    \u003cbr\u003e But when Batter gets a dream job at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePeck \u0026amp; Peck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\n    \u003cbr\u003e \n    \u003cbr\u003e And by burn, they mean incinerate. Because at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePeck \u0026amp; Peck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, “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.\n    \u003cbr\u003e \n    \u003cbr\u003e Welcome to another dazzling and unforgettable novel from Bonnie Garmus. If you loved \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, you will love \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePeck \u0026amp; Peck.\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Luminous Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52343842799911,"sku":null,"price":22.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/2079\/7223\/files\/81SpBbqpUtL._SL1500.jpg?v=1792150091","url":"https:\/\/theluminousbookshop.com\/products\/peck-peck-a-novel","provider":"The Luminous Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}