UEL English PEN Society Book Reviews

The book is based on a true story of Brooke Magnanti, also known as Belle de Jour, who worked as a £300 an hour prostitute for 14 months for a London based agency. The story follows her ‘adventures’ and 

although the title might not seem appropriate, I found this book truly hilarious.

The language is very quirky and I often found myself giggling because of all the pop culture references this book contains.  It’s a very light read – very appropriate for a beach or some place where you can just relax and not dig into your brain too much.

The book is a diary, presented with dates, sometimes longer updates and sometimes shorter, but always entertaining. It also contains some hilarious A-Z dictionary and the obscure contents of Belle’s purse and sometimes her shopping list ( tampons, vaginal pessary, condoms, sugarless breath mints, lubricant, individual post-waxing wipes, self-tanning liquid, razor blades, potassium citrate granules).

She always says what is on her mind and that is what makes this book even funnier – the girl’s mind is pretty dirty but yet hilarious.

I personally enjoyed this book very much and if you don’t yet know, The Secret Diary of A Call Girl is a TV Show version of the book. Same type of language, but with picture. So if you enjoy sarcastic and quirky escort stories I suggest you give this a try – it certainly made me laugh.

xoxo Mandy