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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.
Jan 1, 2001 · First published in 1974, The Front Runner raced to international acclaim - the first novel about gay love to become popular with mainstream. In 1975, coach Harlan Brown is hiding from his past at an obscure New York college, after he was fired from Penn State University on suspicion of being gay.
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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, 1975 · Warren's best-known fiction work, The Front Runner, was first published by William Morrow in 1974, and became the most popular gay love story of all time. The book has sold an estimated 10 million copies worldwide and been translated into eleven languages, the most recent being Complex Chinese and Portuguese.
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Sep 13, 2012 · The Front Runner: A Novel. Kindle Edition. 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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Mar 5, 2019 · First published in 1974, The Front Runner raced to international acclaim—the first novel about gay love to become popular in the mainstream. In 1975, coach Harlan Brown is hiding from his past at an obscure New York college, after he was fired from Penn State University on suspicion of being gay.
The Front Runner: A Novel. Paperback – 30 May 1996. 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.
- Patricia Nell Warren
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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Book Overview. 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.
