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Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl
Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl
Author: Tracy Quan
Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl is a wonderfully intelligent, sexually frank, rollicking novel that introduces us to Nancy Chan, a turn-of-the-millennium call girl who lives and works on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Nancy is full of contradictory desires; she frequently has to choose between making love and making money. On good days, she ge...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780609810101
ISBN-10: 0609810103
Publication Date: 4/22/2003
Pages: 288
Rating:
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 81 ratings
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 36 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
I couldn't get past the first few pages. The language of the main character drove me nuts... too many exclamation points and sentences ending as questions.

the story seemed interesting, I just couldn't get past the language.
yaya-and-jae avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 51 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
This book is okay. Interesting enough that I could continue to read if I have time but easily able to put it down. Fun little insights into the industry and definitely more chicklit than erotic. If you miss this one, you're not missing much. I probably won't read Diary of a Married Call Girl.
reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 46 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
hilarious! the secret journal of a neurotic high class upper east side prostitute as she grapples with her impending matrimony... also lots of helpful tidbits for wannabes ;)
reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 8 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Very fun. funny, smart and edgy. Very frank, straightforward, and probably somewhat controversial
swingsistert avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 78 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Delightful and free narrative! Perfect chick lit!
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Chocoholic avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 291 more book reviews
I just could not get into this book. Two of the characters' names sounded very similar, which was confusing, and the protagonist didn't seem very likeable. I wanted to like this book but can't get into it.
murder101 avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on
Great book fast fun read.you learn something new everyday.
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This was OK. Not as good as I expected. It was hard to stay into this one.
murder101 avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on
This is a great book fun read hard to put down and at times really funny and other times kinda sad .I would recommend this book for sure
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From Booklist
Quan, who put her career as an elite Manhattan prostitute on hold to become a writer, is the author of a popular salon.com column chronicling the adventures of fictional call girl Nancy Chan. Those biweekly installments grew into this reality-based novel. Nancy's central dilemma, hashed out in her diary and with her shrink, Dr. Wendy, is whether to give up hooking when she becomes engaged to her sweet Wall Street-whiz boyfriend, Matt. Her two best friends (and colleagues), Allison and Jasmine, offer little support on this front. Jasmine is firmly against marriage, and Allison, who is 30 going on 19, is too obsessed with her own problems (including her foray into the sex workers' activist movement) to be of any help. The descriptions of Nancy's "dates" read like soft porn, but Quan does pose some interesting questions about gender and sexuality and a certain brand of "sex-positive" feminism (represented by writers like Camille Paglia and Susie Bright). But the main point here is to be erotic and playful. Quan manages both in a book that makes perfect beach reading. Beth Warrell
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