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| Author | Gabe Habash |
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| Publisher | Coffee House Press |
Publication date | 2017 |
Stephen Florida is a 2017 novel by American author Gabe Habash. It is Habash's debut novel. It concerns college wrestling. [1]
Habash was drawn to write about wrestling because of how demanding and unforgiving it is. [2] He sought for the narration and the book to be unpredictable. [2]
According to literary review aggregator Literary Hub, the novel received mostly positive reviews. [3]
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