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8 toe-curlingly awful lines from this year's Bad Sex in Fiction Award nominees
FOR OVER 20 YEARS, Literary Review has singled out the most terrible sex scenes in modern fiction for the Bad Sex Award.
Here’s the worst from this year’s crop of nominees – read them and squirm.
1. Against Nature – Tomas Espedal
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2. Book of Numbers – Joshua Cohen
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Fates and Furies – Lauren Groff
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Fear of Dying – Erica Jong
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Before, During, After – Richard Bausch
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The Making of Zombie Wars – Aleksander Hemon
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The Martini Shot – George Pelecanos
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And of course, List of the Lost – Morrissey
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The phrase “bulbous salutation” alone should get him the prize. Congratulations to all of the nominees, we guess…
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