sentences:  Peck served as Minister of Culture in the Haitian government of Prime Minister Rosny Smarth (1996–97), ultimately resigning his post along with the Prime Minister and five other ministers in protest of Presidents Préval and Aristide.He detailed his experiences in this position in a book, "Monsieur le Ministre… jusqu'au bout de la patience".Prime Minister Smarth wrote an afterword for the book, and Russell Banks wrote the preface to the first edition.