![]() ![]() Jill Owens: What was the genesis of Stephen Florida? ![]() Gabe Habash is a writer of powerful gifts, and this is a wonderful book.” We agree - Gabe Habash is an extraordinary new talent, and we're excited to choose Stephen Florida as Volume 67 of Indiespensable. At once a chronicle of obsession, a philosophical treatise, and a deeply affecting love story, this singular novel is perhaps most profoundly an anatomy of American loneliness. Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You, raves “ Stephen Florida is an unforgettable addition to the canon of great literary eccentrics. Stephen is one of the more exceptional characters in recent literature, and his voice, as he tries to move forward through his tightly circumscribed life, is both haunting and hilarious. When the doctor yanked me out, he said, ‘There's a good chance this child will be quite strong.’ This is the story my parents always told me, but I never really believed it.” Stephen is strong, in fact - he's a wrestler for a small college in North Dakota - but he's been plagued by loss throughout his life his parents were killed in a car crash, and his beloved grandmother died not long ago. ![]() Gabe Habash's debut novel, Stephen Florida, begins: “My mother had two placentas and I was living off both of them. ![]()
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