First off, did you know that there even is a Bad Sex in Fiction Award? Ever since 1993, the Literary Review has singled out “the author who produces the worst description of a sex scene in a novel,” resulting in both
the public shaming of the author and the discouragement, its editors
hope, of “crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages
of sexual description” in the future. But before the Literary Review
announces the winner and awards him/her with a statuette—a naked woman
sprawled over a book—the British magazine reveals its shortlist for the
year, as it did earlier this week, along with a particularly damning
sexual passage from each of the nominated titles. More surprising than
the cringe-worthy extracts, however, is the fact that this year’s most
popular sex novel to deny you’ve read is not included on this year’s shortlist.
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