Though they manage to suppress their attraction for a few anguished months, the two soon become lovers. Though wary after his experience at Penn State, Harlan agrees to train the athletes, but quickly finds himself falling in love with Billy. Fearing exposure, Harlan has buried himself at the obscure college, and given up his dream of coaching Olympic athletes.Īs the novel opens in 1974, three star runners - Vince Matti, Jacques LaFont, and Billy Sive - have been expelled from the elite track program at the University of Oregon because they are gay, and wish to transfer to Prescott to train with Brown.
A closeted ex-marine, Harlan has left a prestigious coaching position at Pennsylvania State University following false accusations of sexual misconduct from a male student. Harlan Brown is the athletic director at the fictitious Prescott College, a progressive, experiential, private liberal arts college in New York.
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