Lucy Armistead

Bad Sex in Fiction Awards: A Bit of Fun or Bad Taste?

Established in 1993, the Bad Sex in Fiction award has been described as “the least desirable of literary prizes”. It is awarded to an author who has produced “an outstandingly bad scene of sexual description in an otherwise good novel.” Its purpose is to discourage “poorly written, perfunctory or redundant...
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Posted Dec. 14, 2016