The Front Runner
by Patricial Nell WarrenThe Front Runner is a 1974 novel by Patricia Nell Warren. The book, considered by some as a classic example of LGBT literature of the period, is a love story exploring issues relating to homosexuals in American sports.The novel is: Dedicated to all the athletes who have fought for human rights in sports, and to the young gay runner I met at a party, who gave me the idea for this book. It is...
Tom Brasch 
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I read this originally in the 70's as a timid young teen - with mixed up emotions - and now I've re-read it in my early 50's - it brought back so many memories - but also, it's a pretty good depiction of our status at that time and you really appreciate the advances in LGBT rights since then. Even though the prose can be sometimes 'ordinary', the story is superlative...even to this day. LIKES this bookMadhukar LIKES this book
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