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'A voice too rarely heard that relates to the hard graft of the everyday' Laura Kuenssberg

My name's George, like the Queen's dad. I live in Canterbury, a city in south- east England, where I work at the local uni as a security guard and licensed bouncer. It's a job that I've done for years and I really enjoy it, getting involved with everything from fights to fire alarms, people who need support, incidents of self- harm, escorting VIPs, stopping local teenagers smashing windows and discouraging drunk students from shitting in the shared kitchen bin. When I was their age, I just about made it thanks to my mates, my family, slow police and a lot of blind luck. Now I keep an eye on the next generation.

'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' Amol Rajan