I thought it seemed to take itself terribly seriously but did n't go down the misery memoir route, if it were a happy true story i'd expect it to be a bit more lighthearted and slightly more dismissive of the customers.
Really a pale imitation of Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure)written by John Cleland around 1750!!!
And I can catagorically state that behind my Mumsnet nickname I am not Toby Young