by Patricia Nell Warren · Bruno Books, Salzgeber Buchverlage GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783861872320
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«Der Langstreckenläufer» is the novel by Patricia Nell Warren, published by Bruno Books, Salzgeber Buchverlage GmbH in paperback (316 pages, in German).
In 1975, coach Harlan Brown, marked by the rejection he suffered for his homosexuality, meets Billy Sive, a long-distance runner aiming for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. The attraction between them grows as they fight against the prejudices of the athletics world. A story about identity, discrimination and acceptance.
First instalment of the Harlan's Story series; the work was originally published in 1974 as «The Front Runner».
For readers of LGBT fiction and sports romances who want to discover a classic from the seventies.
Patricia Nell Warren, 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. Her third novel, The Fancy Dancer (1976), was the first bestseller to portray a gay priest and to explore gay life in a small town.
