The Recovering Grammar Neurotic Relapses Briefly

So, I'm reading this novel I happened on, written by an academic and published in 2003 by a university press. On the first page, in the first paragraph:When dates ask about my field, truth requires that I answer, "Lesbian planets." Although this response never peaks male ardor ...Argh. "Piques," not "peaks," thought I. Well, maybe she did it deliberately, to suggest that she wants his ardor