Garmus's follow-up to Lessons in Chemistry is set in 1980s New York and centers on Batter Gray, a young man drawn to poetry despite his family's practical expectations. He talks his way into a job at Peck & Peck, a secretive poetry quarterly run out of a converted greenhouse that behaves like a cult, starting out running copiers in a basement. As an identical twin who lost his brother at birth, Batter is preoccupied with the dualities running through his life — right and wrong, truth and lies, rejection and acceptance. The novel blends workplace satire with a tender family mystery. It's being described as a charming, character-driven comedy about the power (and impracticality) of art.
Garmus's follow-up to Lessons in Chemistry is set in 1980s New York and centers on Batter Gray, a young man drawn to poetry despite his family's practical expectations. He talks his way into a job at Peck & Peck, a secretive poetry quarterly run out of a converted greenhouse that behaves like a cult, starting out running copiers in a basement. As an identical twin who lost his brother at birth, Batter is preoccupied with the dualities running through his life — right and wrong, truth and lies, rejection and acceptance. The novel blends workplace satire with a tender family mystery. It's being described as a charming, character-driven comedy about the power (and impracticality) of art.
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