What The Bouncer Saw
On sale
7th May 2026
Price: £22
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‘Undoubtedly one of the most refreshing and vital books about England I have read in years’ AMOL RAJAN
‘A voice too rarely heard that relates to the hard graft of the everyday’ LAURA KUENSSBERG
George is a full-time campus security guard at a busy university. Working a shift pattern of four days on, four days off to protect the next generation of professionals, George earns just above the minimum wage to provide for his family.
From accidental kitchen fires to mental health crises, George and his team are always the first ones at the scene, working round the clock to keep students safe as they navigate university life. But what is it really like to safeguard the nation’s young people?
In this engaging, unique firsthand account, George reveals the dark underbelly of security work and student life, taking us behind the curtain of what it really takes to keep the city safe, while also providing for your family.
Quietly confrontational and consistently funny, What The Bouncer Saw is George’s unique, compelling insight into what life is like on the front line of security, and also a response to the financial catastrophe that many in the service industry continue to face.
‘A voice too rarely heard that relates to the hard graft of the everyday’ LAURA KUENSSBERG
George is a full-time campus security guard at a busy university. Working a shift pattern of four days on, four days off to protect the next generation of professionals, George earns just above the minimum wage to provide for his family.
From accidental kitchen fires to mental health crises, George and his team are always the first ones at the scene, working round the clock to keep students safe as they navigate university life. But what is it really like to safeguard the nation’s young people?
In this engaging, unique firsthand account, George reveals the dark underbelly of security work and student life, taking us behind the curtain of what it really takes to keep the city safe, while also providing for your family.
Quietly confrontational and consistently funny, What The Bouncer Saw is George’s unique, compelling insight into what life is like on the front line of security, and also a response to the financial catastrophe that many in the service industry continue to face.
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Reviews
What The Bouncer Saw is undoubtedly one of the most refreshing and vital books about England I have read in years . . . George Bass chronicles the lives and livelihoods of millions of people who feel ignored, left behind, patronised or misunderstood. [He] writes as most of this forgotten England speaks, with real clarity, pace, fervour and compassion [...] An astute observer of our anxious era
A voice too rarely heard that relates to the hard graft of the everyday