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The Front Runner is a 1974 novel by Patricia Nell Warren. A love story between a running coach and his star athlete, The Front Runner is noted for being the first contemporary gay novel to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success.
May 30, 1996 · by Patricia Nell Warren (Author) 4.6 205 ratings. See all formats and editions. Harlan Brown is a tough, conservative track coach hiding from his past at a small college. Billy Sive is a brilliant young runner who is homosexual and doesn't mind who knows it.
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Jan 1, 2001 · Patricia Nell Warren. 4.12. 5,905 ratings450 reviews. First published in 1974, The Front Runner raced to international acclaim - the first novel about gay love to become popular with mainstream.
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THE “REAL” FRONT RUNNER STORYLINE By Patricia Nell Warren. When people sum up the Front Runner story line, especially when they’re talking about a film adaptation, they want to frame it as the “gay love story of Coach Harlan Brown and his Olympic runner Billy Sive.”
Patricia Nell Warren (June 15, 1936 – February 9, 2019), also known by her pen name Patricia Kilina, was an American novelist, poet, editor and journalist. Her second novel, The Front Runner (1974), was the first work of contemporary gay fiction to make the New York Times Best Seller list.
Sep 13, 2012 · by Warren Patricia Nell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.6 290 ratings. See all formats and editions. The New York Times bestseller about love and loss that stayed in print since 1974. Closeted gay track coach Harlan Brown has a shot at launching a talented distance runner to the Olympics.
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Jan 1, 1975 · The Front Runner, Harlan's Race and Billy's Boy are a landmark series that follows an evolving family through 20 years of gay life. She also published two mainstream novels, The Last Centennial (1971) and One Is the Sun (1991).
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