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y separately published work icon The Bouncer single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Bouncer
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'Heath Lander’s debut book is an exciting and gritty exploration of his descent into the dangerous underbelly of Melbourne night life as a young university graduate. His prose captures the physicality of his journey from the first tentative steps into martial arts as a defence against low self-esteem to the camaraderie underpinning the bristling, barely contained violence of nightclub security.

'An unlikely candidate for the crowd control industry, Heath takes up Kung Fu as a university student, a decision that gives him entry into the dark and brutal world of nightclub security. His introduction is by way of his instructor, a part-time bouncer at a pub in Brunswick Street, Melbourne. Graduating from university, his ambition to teach and paint takes second place to his obsession with ‘making it’ in this new world. Without realising it, Heath slides into a dark place with no real friends and plenty of potential enemies. The more proficient Heath becomes at his job, the more he gains the respect of his bosses and clients. Then one night, after five years as a bouncer, the almost fatal punch he delivers to a belligerant drunk causes a crisis of conscience. He realises that his life has lost purpose and he quits his job, determined to ‘make it’ once again, this time in the world of daylight.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Warriewood, Northern Beaches area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Finch , 2013 .
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      Extent: 245p.
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      • Published 1 October 2013
      ISBN: 9780987419651 (paperback)

Works about this Work

Memoirs Cut from the Same Cloth Tim McGuire , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 January 2014; (p. 16-17)

— Review of The Bouncer Heath Lander , 2013 single work autobiography ; Salt Story : Of Sea-Dogs and Fisherwomen Sarah Drummond , 2013 single work novel
Up Close : From Bouncer to Brush Wielder 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2013; (p. 49)
Memoirs Cut from the Same Cloth Tim McGuire , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 January 2014; (p. 16-17)

— Review of The Bouncer Heath Lander , 2013 single work autobiography ; Salt Story : Of Sea-Dogs and Fisherwomen Sarah Drummond , 2013 single work novel
Up Close : From Bouncer to Brush Wielder 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2013; (p. 49)
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