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Bad Sex Award - Definition and Overview |
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The Bad Sex in Fiction Award is an award given annually to the writer 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. 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.
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
- 2001: Christopher Hart, Rescue Me
- 2002: Wendy Perriam, Tread Softly
- 2003: Aniruddha Bahal, Bunker 13
- 2004: Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons
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Example Usage of Award |
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