under the category of a book award one doesn’t want to win, the Guardian rolls out the shortlist for its yearly Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction award. the impetus behind the award: “…gently dissuading authors and publishers from including unconvincing, perfunctory, embarrassing or redundant passages of a sexual nature in otherwise sound literary novels.” drumroll please…
- James Buchan for “The Gate of Air”
- Simon Montefiore for “Sashenka”
- John Updike for “The Widows of Eastwick”
- Kathy Lette for “To Love, Honour and Betray”
- Alastair Campbell for “All in the Mind”
- Rachel Johnson for “Shire Hell”
- Isabel Fonseca for “Attachment”
- Ann Allestree for “Triptych of a Young Wolf”
- Russell Banks for “The Reserve”
- Paulo Coelho for “Brida”
some of the examples given are seriously cringe-worthy.
posting by marin
update: Rachel Johnson wins and is proud of it; John Updike earns a lifetime achievement award for 4 nominations in a row, now that’s talent.
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