Word for Word

19 Jul 2017

Roaring Twentyman

News & Politics, Society & Culture

For over 30 years, Les Twentyman has refused to turn his back on society’s most marginalised.  The homeless, the drug addicted, the sex workers and the troublesome youth of the Western suburbs of Melbourne, all know Les.  So too, do the Toorak Housewives of Victoria’s wealthiest men as without their funds, much of the work Les does, wouldn’t happen.  In his new memoir The Mouth That Roared, Les reveals the professional and the personal, the wins and the losses and the need for greater understanding from us all.

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