Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld

Surfing in Far Rockaway, romantic obsession, and Moby-Dick converge in this winning and refreshing memoir


Justin Hocking lands in New York hopeful but adrift—he''s jobless, unexpectedly overwhelmed and disoriented by the city, struggling with anxiety and obsession, and attempting to maintain a faltering long-distance relationship. As a man whose brand of therapy has always been motion, whether in a...