When he addressed a gathering, made a case to a Prime Minister or importuned a new Concern donor, his audience listened. In this powerful new biography, the result of over 50 interviews and extensive travel, Deirdre Purcell explores the life and work of Concern founder Father Aengus Finucane.

She charts the work he did to build Concern into the global charity and vital player in relief efforts around the world that it is today.