Watch My Back

"Watch My Back" is a book by Geoff Thompson, a former bouncer, who tells his story of the dangers he faced working on the doors in Coventry, England, UK. The front cover of the book shows Thompson wearing a knuckle duster on his right fist, with the quote "I train for the first shot - it's all I need." [Hall, Paula, 2001-09-17, [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-78336400.html Ex-hardman's pen is mightier than his punch,] "Coventry Evening Telegraph".]

Many shops where Thompson held book signings stopped him from holding 'meet and greet' signings due to the 'true crime' classification of his biography. The fact that the front cover shows Thompson wearing a knuckle duster did not help matters. However, Thompson, when questioned about this in the press tells people that the cover is to attract people that would buy the book due to its supposed glorification of violence and instead get them to read about the futility of violence.

The feature film Clubbed is based on the book, which stars Colin Salmoncite web
title =Colin Salmon Gets Clubbed
publisher =Empire Online Empire (magazine)
url =http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=20517 ] and is scheduled for release in the United Kingdom on 16 January, 2009.cite web
title =Clubbed
publisher =Internet Movie Database
url =http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856778/
accessdate=2008-09-09]

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