The book is based on the sensational sex blog Belle de Jour in Europe. Its author is a real call girl, one of the most expensive and sought after in London. In her intimate diary, she writes with inimitable humor and frankness about how she got into this business, what men are willing to pay a lot of money for, and how she manages to combine such work with her personal life. The diary instantly gained an audience of millions, was named “Blog of the Year” by The Guardian and formed the basis of a series of the same name starring the famous singer and actress Billie Piper in the role of Belle. Despite the enormous success of the diary, Belle de Jour hid her identity for a long time and only recently came out from the shadows. The elite London prostitute turned out to be an employee of the prestigious University of Bristol, a well-known doctor of medicine in scientific circles, Brooke Magnanti, who worked as a call girl while writing her doctoral dissertation...