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Diary of a Jetsetting Call Girl
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Diary of a Jetsetting Call Girl
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Tracy Quan
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:256 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780007249381
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Classifications | Dewey:813.6 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers
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Imprint |
HarperPerennial
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Publication Date |
16 June 2008 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Married call girl Nancy Chan has been asked to do something outrageous - even by her standards. Most favoured customer Milt has invited Nancy to his luxurious new villa in idyllic Provence. That's a lot of euros, but ... Can a (married) Manhattan call girl really holiday with a client? Seeing him morning, noon and night, coming up with new entertainments, and maintaining both a light tan and a 'professional' distance? Not to mention Milt's Viagra habit. In a difficult economic climate a girl can't always meet her quota, and Nancy's worried about losing her edge. Nancy jumps at the chance to have a break from Manhattan (and from husband Matt) for a few weeks. Desperate for an alibi, she invents a vacation with her mom in southern France. In reality, Nancy is hard at work with some new playmates - Tini (Malaysian, with something extra), Isabel (a St-Tropez madam), and Serge (Isabel's hunky chauffeur) - while Matt grows more inquisitive. As Nancy discovers, the French countryside is 'ten times trickier than Manhattan' and nothing in her temporary world is quite what it seems. When Milt's enigmatic cook Duncan turns up unexpectedly in Nancy's erotic fantasies, she begins questioning everything she knows. Can Nancy keep getting away with this?
Author Biography
Tracy Quan lives in Manhattan and this is her second novel. Tracy first wrote about Nancy Chan in a highly successful column on Salon.com.
ReviewsPraise for 'Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl': 'Bridget Jones with attitude.' Guardian 'Fun to read!marks the transition of erotica from hide-it-under-the-bed to read-it-on-the-tube!Her sex scenes are delightful.' The Times 'New York's latest literary sensation.' Independent 'Frank, fizzy, and not for the faint-hearted.' YOU Magazine, Mail on Sunday 'Chock-full of bad-girl secrets!tantalizing.' Cosmopolitan 'If you want a sassy read about a sparky New Yorker trying to juggle her professional and private life, then you'll love this!A startling debut that's a cross between "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Pretty Woman"!You can forget the anonymously-written "Belle Du Jour", that rather limp-wristed, supposedly true account of the working life of an upmarket London prostitute which was published to huge fanfare earlier this year. "The Diary Of A Manhattan Call Girl" is not only 10 times funnier, it actually has a storyline.' Daily Mirror 'Unexpectedly wise, observant and best of all -- fun.' Los Angeles Times
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