Stephen Florida

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‘Powerful and magnetic’ Guardian ‘Mind blowing’ Roxane Gay ‘Explosive’ Hanya Yanagihara ‘Funny and disturbing’ Lauren Groff Meet Stephen Florida: college student, amateur wrestler, visionary, outsider.Entering senior year, his sights are set on the championships. Every practice, every match, is a step closer to greatness, yet also a step further from reality. Profane, manic and tipping into the uncanny, this is Florida’s chronicle of loneliness, obsession, and the drive to leave a mark.With echoes of The Art of Fielding and the film Foxcatcher, Gabe Habash’s daring, revelatory debut journeys into the mind of a young man teetering between control and rage, grief and elation, genius and insanity.In the realm of literary fiction, Gabe Habash's Stephen Florida stands out as a psychological tour de force. It's a coming-of-age tale that takes us to the top of the wrestling world, showcasing the best and worst of human obsession.For fans of Stephen King (The Stand), Kazuo Ishiguro (Klara and the Sun), Gwendoline Riley (My Phantoms), Katie Kitamura (Intimacies), and Claire-Louise Bennett (Checkout 19). Show more