{"product_id":"long-run-slow-burn-british-gay-running-romance-hardcover-1","title":"Long Run: Slow-burn British Gay Running Romance - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Paul Burton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of Hollinghurst, Baldwin and Bret Easton Ellis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body does not lie even when the mind attempts to do so. For Brian, the Isle of Wight ultra-marathon was supposed to be a point of reclamation, yet it ended in the clinical silence of a Did Not Finish. Stalled by a clicking patella and the salt-crusted exhaustion of thirty miles, he returns to a London life that feels equally incomplete. He is a man caught in the friction of the city, balancing a grueling kitchen job in Richmond with the quiet exploitation of a structured unpaid internship at a charitable foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames represents a different kind of endurance. A former Army Reservist now navigating the sharp, transactional world of City finance, he moves with a disciplined intensity that Brian finds both intimidating and magnetic. Their connection is forged through the necessity of the sport. It begins with the shared space of a race-side cabin and deepens through the curative intimacy of recovery massages and the rhythmic honesty of training splits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Brian's professional life reaches a breaking point, James offers a subversive solution that challenges the ethics of the corporate world they both inhabit. Between the serene, wood-paneled sanctuary of Soho's Japanese diners and the exposed paths of Richmond Park, they navigate a partnership that is as much about survival as it is about attraction. This is a visceral exploration of the distance a person will run to find where they belong, and the moral compromises made in the pursuit of a finish line that continues to move..\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46598058016965,"sku":"9781997999621","price":40.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/MMl5Kpounc9781997999621_52e1e4d0-8408-4c0a-8261-6b564b891509.webp?v=1785146727","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/long-run-slow-burn-british-gay-running-romance-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}