Bad Sex in Fiction Award
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The Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award is an award given annually to the author who produces the worst description of a sex scene in a novel.
The award is in the form of a "semi-abstract trophy representing sex in the 1950s"[1], which depicts a naked woman draped over an open book. It has been presented each year since 1993 by the Literary Review, a London literary journal. The award was originally established by Rhoda Koenig, a literary critic, and Auberon Waugh, then editor of the Literary Review.
The given rationale is "to draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel, and to discourage it".
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[edit] Winners
Winners of the Bad Sex in Fiction award include:
- 1993: Melvyn Bragg, A Time to Dance
- 1994: Philip Hook, The Stonebreakers
- 1995: Philip Kerr, Gridiron
- 1996: David Huggins, The Big Kiss: An Arcade Mystery
- 1997: Nicholas Royle, The Matter of the Heart
- 1998: Sebastian Faulks, Charlotte Gray
- 1999: A. A. Gill, Starcrossed
- 2000: Sean Thomas, Kissing England[2]
- 2001: Christopher Hart, Rescue Me
- 2002: Wendy Perriam, Tread Softly[1]
- 2003: Aniruddha Bahal, Bunker 13
- 2004: Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons
- 2005: Giles Coren, Winkler[3]
- 2006: Iain Hollingshead, Twenty Something[4]
- 2007: Norman Mailer, The Castle in the Forest[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Third time 'lucky' for bad sex winner", BBC News, 2005-12-03. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
- ^ PR Newswire. "Sean Thomas wins the Bad Sex in Fiction Award". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
- ^ "Bad sex book prize for journalist", BBC News, 2005-12-01. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
- ^ "First-time author wins Bad Sex in Fiction honor", Associated Press, 2006-11-29. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
- ^ "Late Mailer wins 'bad sex' award", BBC News, 2007-11-27. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
[edit] External links
- Award winners 1994-2004, BookHelpWeb
- Literary Review
