Welcome to the WBZ book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. Brad Fawley is the
author of a fine new novel called The front Runner. A young man in
a small Kansas town, Russ Clayton, is coping with loss, the loss
of people in his life, the loss of hope. The one thing he
does and does well is to run, mainly to escape his fears and pain.
He ultimately gets to college and gains the opportunity to compete at the highest
level internationally against a Russian team whose young runners are led by an egotistical coach
who years ago was involved in a doping scandal. Russ is ultimately mentored by
Brad Coy, at one point was the fastest marathon runner on Earth, but
who has a dark history with a cheating Russian coach. The front Runner is
certainly about running, but it displays a terrific array of characters, some looking
and finding retribution, others, such as the Russians, facing something a lot
worse. Ultimately, The front Runner, by author Brad Fawley, who himself
is a runner, is about winning the big race, the race of life.
And that's the book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio