Beauty Queen

with bittersweet detail ... holds the reader of any age or sexual orientation with engaging characters, lively narrative and lean prose . . . The action is nonstop, the story multifaceted, the sex steamily realistic, and the resolution is explosive.”    —     Lambda Book Report
    “Warren’s new book is equally compelling . . . with memorable scenes and characters.” — B’nai B’rith
    “Patricia Nell Warren’s Harlan’s Race may be one of the longest-awaited gay novels ever.”
    — Gay & Lesbian Times
    ALSO FROM WILDCAT PRESS
    The acclaimed bestselling sequel.. .now available in trade paperback.
    After his young lover is assassinated on the Olympic track in Montreal, coach Harlan Brown is forced to enter the race of his life.

    To survive the hate and violence which threatens his chosen family—Betsy, valiant lesbian mother, Vince, angry activist seeking revenge; Chino, Vietnam vet with a wounded heart; and Falcon, the secret child of The Front Runner...
    Harlan’s Race
    ISBN: 0-9641099-5-6
    Another landmark novel by PATRICIA NELL WARREN
    OTHER QUALITY TRADE PAPERBACKS FROM WILDCAT PRESS
    The Front Runner — 20th Anniversary Edition (Fiction)
    By Patricia Nell Warren
    Harlan Brown is a tough, conservative track coach—hiding from his past at a small college. Billy Sive is a brilliant young runner who is homosexual—and doesn't mind who knows it. When they fall in love, they will enter a race against hate and prejudice that takes them to the '76 Olympics and a shocking shattering conclusion. With ten million copies in seven languages, The Front Runner is the most celebrated gay love story of all time.
    ISBN 0-9641099-6-4....................................................................... $12.95
    The Taney Dancer — (Fiction)
    By Patricia Nell Warren
    This 1976 bestseller was one of the first novels to portray with unflinching honesty a Catholic priest's struggle with homosexuality. The story, set in a small conservative Western town, has stayed a steady backlist seller with Bantam and Plume. We are proud to bring it out in our own quality tradeback.
    ISBN 0-9641099-7-2....................................................................... $12.95
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    About This Book
    The Beauty Queen's new tradeback edition was created "hands on" with computer print technology. The text of the original Morrow hardcover was run through a scanner using an OCR program, then cleaned up and completely redesigned on the Power PC of Barbara Brown Desktop Publishing, using Aldus PageMaker.
    Font: Palatino was chosen because its stark, functional look seemed well-suited to carry the gritty realism of a story set in New York City.
    Jacket art and halftone illustrations were created by Laguna Beach artist Jay Fraley, on a Macintosh 8500. He used the Photoshop program to manipulate his photograph.
    This trade paperback was printed on Banta's Cameron-system belt press.
    As paper costs rise, and forests disappear, I wish that paper manufacture would go into a new technology. It is time for all those clever geneticists to stop trying to engineer the 400-pound strawberry. They need to turn their attention to removing the dope gene from hemp, so this age-old paper plant may once again provide us with a paper source that is environmentally sane.
    P.N.W.