Enter the secret world of the bouncer, on the edge of the law, maligned by the public and media as muscle-bound thugs, yet essential to the workings of the night-time economy. Here, they tell their own stories for the first time, including what they don’t admit in public and what they won’t tell the cops. Sex, drugs, hardmen, gangs, violence, death: every aspect of the job is covered with remarkable candour and black humour. Bouncers also traces the modern history of the doorman, from the ex-boxers of the ‘50s to today’s high-tech security firms. With b/w photos.