Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl - Belle De Jour

Dimanche, Le 4 Novembre When the TV Series of this much touted (or should that be ‘pimped’?) book appeared on ITV2, I inadvertently watched a couple of episodes. The series was nothing special, just one of those will-they-won’t-they romances between an ordinary boy and an ordinary girl (who happened to work in the sex trade). Easy viewing for a late night winding down, cup of hot chocolate in hand and dog on lap. So, when I saw the book in ASDA for £3.50, I thought it might be much the same. I was wrong. For a start, Belle is not simply the ordinary posh girl entering the sex trade for a bit of a laugh and a ‘Poor me’ story. The first thing that ...

Having watched a couple of episodes of this on ITV2 starring former Who-girl Billie Piper, I was intrigued enough to pick this up upon a recent visit to my local Tesco...to be fair I found it a little disappointing, something of a very damp squib in fact!! Belle is a prostitute- not the sort you see wandering the streets to fuel a drug habit at the mercies of a sinister pimp, but a higher class of working girl posing as an escort and working for an agency who manages her clients. From very early on, she is exceptionally frank and honest about what she does and what she is expected to get up to and the whole thing is written as a series of diary extracts that ...

I bought this book for £6.99 from WH Smith, it's available in paperback adn hard back and prices vary hugely. I picked up this book after the much publicised TV show "Secret Diary of a London Call Girl" was aired on ITV 2 earlier this year. First I think it's important to point out the differences between the two The TV Programme Seemed like a great idea at the time, sexy, new and exciting, but turned out to be lacking in any real substance, a little bit vague about the dirty details of things and all over far too quickly! The Book Pure filth and very very funny, rambled on a bit at times. Now I have worked as an ...