Sex is Hard Work: The Tourist’s Guide to the Sights and Smells of Prostitution

Emily Payne couldn't find a job she liked. And she'd tried them all - bar one.

Selling sex.

For 20 years, Emily has worked as an escort and in this shocking and hilarious memoir, nothing is too taboo.

From kinky clients, fetishes and baby wipes right through to catholic priests, vegetable insertion and dry-humping ornamental giraffes.

This jaw-dropping account of a life in the sex industry offers perhaps the most raw and honest account yet of what life as an escort is really like.

Forget Belle; 'Secret Diary of a Call Girl' has nothing on this hugely entertaining and jaw-dropping walk through the day-to-day reality of the job.

Emily talks about her clients, their filthy habits and even filthier bed sheets as she offers a unique insight into the behaviour of men when their partner isn't looking.

And her story is one of feminist empowerment, as she uses the business to her advantage without crossing her ethical red lines.

As Emily puts it, she's never felt dirty - just rich.

Forget the myths. 'Sex is Hard Work: The Tourist's Guide to the Sights and Smells of Prostitution' is one of the most eye-opening books on the sex industry you will read - with stories you won't be able to get out of your head.

Original artwork by Emily Payne