Stephen Florida

What a strange, strange, utterly intriguing novel. The prose style is so staccato, so relentless in its commitment to be what it is. This is not a book that is going to cater to the reader or to anyone's expectations of what a novel should be, how a protagonist should be, how a story should read. Th......more

Barring a miracle, this is going to be my favorite book of the year - a totally unique wildchild of a novel tracking the senior year of a 133 pound division IV wrestler in North Dakota. We're firmly in Stephen's head the whole way, and Habash has created a unique voice here, an amalgam of obsession,......more

Gabe Habash has constructed one of the most interesting and convincing character studies with STEPHEN FLORIDA that I've read in recent memory. Young college wrestler, Stephen Florida, is indeed a troubled young man. Picture a more modern, violent, and focused Holden Caulfield suited up in a onesie a......more