By Tim Stickings For Mailonline
Published: 12:38 BST, 21 April 2019 | Updated: 15:58 BST, 21 April 2019
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The latest erotic novel by EL James has sparked a diplomatic row as Albania's envoy to the UK complained about his country's portrayal.
The Fifty Shades of Grey author's new book, The Mister, depicts a poor Albanian cleaner as a victim of gangsters and sex trafficking, who marvels at life in the UK.
As she strikes up a romance with an English aristocrat she marvels at 'clever phones' and the 'magic card' he uses to withdraw money.
Qirjako Qirko, the Albanian ambassador in London, said the book showed his fictional countrymen as primitive criminals and created 'negative perceptions'.
Fifty Shades author EL James (pictured left last week) has sparked a diplomatic row as Albania's ambassador to the UK Qirjako Qirko (right) criticised her new