Way too many of our life's recollections would have to be put out as fiction.....as no one would believe some things really happened.
Simple things like the nicknames suggest there were some real characters involved...."Poison Dwarf", "Black Sardine", "Trellis Climber", "Hyphen Smyth"....."Wing Nut"...."Dogs Breath"..."Douche Bag".... ah yes the Happy Days at Eket and other more salubrious locales.
As to said "whore house".....why Chuks old buddy....that was the place where I got to see the "Wizard of Oz" from start to end! That description of the bar begs the question however of whom you are referring to as being "whores"....the staff or the patrons....as that title would fairly apply to both I reckon.