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As the story begins, young Robert Emmet Coogan's biggest challenge is determining if he should pursue life as a musician or as a professional footballer in England, but it is 1974 and the bitter conflict in Ireland rips young Rob Coogan's life to shreds. Coogan unwittingly plays a part in an IRA car bomb detonation that takes several lives which leaves him emotionally devastated. He departs Ireland for a prestigious music school in Boston, where he begins life as a guitarist and songwriter. In church one night, he discovers the younger brother of a friend being molested by a priest. The choice he makes that night sets his life down an unforeseen path of justice, rage, and secrets. His story culminates in a trial for his life in a small southern town in the United States shortly after Katrina Hurricane in 2005. The trial joins Rob's story with a painfully haunting subplot about the long-term consequences of child abuse.

As the story begins, young Robert Emmet Coogan's biggest challenge is determining if he should pursue life as a musician or as a professional footballer in England, but it is 1974 and the bitter conflict in Ireland rips young Rob Coogan's life to shreds. Coogan unwittingly plays a part in an IRA car bomb detonation that takes several lives which leaves him emotionally devastated. He departs Ireland for a prestigious music school in Boston, where he begins life as a guitarist and songwriter. In church one night, he discovers the younger brother of a friend being molested by a priest. The choice he makes that night sets his life down an unforeseen path of justice, rage, and secrets. His story culminates in a trial for his life in a small southern town in the United States shortly after Katrina Hurricane in 2005. The trial joins Rob's story with a painfully haunting subplot about the long-term consequences of child abuse.

Kevin Couhig is a storyteller. After retiring from a very successful career as a venture capitalist and entrepreneur, he has made writing his focus, bringing the same energy to storytelling as he did to building ventures for most of his career. A Man for Others is his first novel. He is currently working on his second, tentatively titled, "If One of Them is Dead." Thank you for joining him on his journey