Andy Coogan is Sir Chris Hoy's great-uncle, but you will find no mention of that in this remarkable book.
Andy Coogan is Sir Chris Hoy's great-uncle, but you will find no mention of that in this remarkable book.
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Review: Harry McGrath
Judging by the way Coogan presents himself, he is far too humble to play on such a lofty association.
In fact, Coogan is a somewhat reluctant memorialist. At 95 he is just telling his story now, inhibited in earlier years by the possibility he might offend family and friends. He even seems concerned about an undertaking he signed with the British Government at the end of the Second World War not to talk about his imprisonment or what he saw of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
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