The lean, graceful front runner with gold-rim glasses sees directly into Harlan's heart. He agrees to coach the three boys under strict conditions that thwart Billy's growing attraction for his mature but compelling mentor.
Harlan knows that, with proper training, Billy could go to the '76 Olympics in Montreal. He and his two comrades, Vince Matti and Jacques LaFont, were just thrown off a major team for admitting they are gay. Then Billy Sive, a brilliant young runner, shows up on his doorstep. A tough, lonely ex-Marine of 39, Harlan has never allowed himself to love another man.
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. 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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