title: What Many Men Desire
author: Robert L Grant
description: Robert Grant has enjoyed a long career as a producer, writer and director of documentary and informational films and videos. His award-winning work has ranged from a series about Mexican folk artists, to films about energy and economics for grade-schoolers, to a variety of corporate media productions. Robert taught cinematography and film production at the UCLA Film School (from which he has an MFA Degree), and he was the AFI Directors Intern for director Hal Ashby on the United Artists feature film, Coming Home. Robert continues to write and produce informational media. He was written two feature screenplays and now, his first novel, What Many Men Desire.
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  Grant hated to be interrupted. He'd tolerate being cursed, threatened or
  despised, but he never tolerated interruptions. It had never mattered to him
  particularly if he was liked, as long as he was left alone to do as he chose.
  He'd grown up watching his father pursue the goodwill of others—a necessary
  aspect in the career of a senator who had chosen to run for the highest office
  in the country.
  
  Even as a child Grant knew his father was a man who demanded extreme feelings.
  He was loved by some, feared or hated by others, and on a campaign trail he
  could inspire a fierce loyalty. He had been a man who would go out of his way
  to do a favor—friend or stranger—it had never mattered. His ideals had been
  high, his memory keen, and his flair for words admirable. Senator Robert
  Campbell had been a man who had felt it his duty to make himself accessible to
  the public. Right up to the moment someone had put three bullets into him.