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Welcome to the WBZ book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich. Brad Fawley is the

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author of a fine new novel called
The front Runner. A young man in

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a small Kansas town, Russ Clayton, is coping with loss, the loss

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of people in his life, the
loss of hope. The one thing he

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does and does well is to run, mainly to escape his fears and pain.

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He ultimately gets to college and gains
the opportunity to compete at the highest

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level internationally against a Russian team whose
young runners are led by an egotistical coach

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who years ago was involved in a
doping scandal. Russ is ultimately mentored by

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Brad Coy, at one point was
the fastest marathon runner on Earth, but

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who has a dark history with a
cheating Russian coach. The front Runner is

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certainly about running, but it displays
a terrific array of characters, some looking

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and finding retribution, others, such
as the Russians, facing something a lot

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worse. Ultimately, The front Runner, by author Brad Fawley, who himself

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is a runner, is about winning
the big race, the race of life.

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And that's the book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio