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Bad Sex Award

And the winner is...

Bad sex award goes to Nancy Huston's 'babies and bedazzlements' | Books | guardian.co.uk

A long, shuddering gasp of relief will no doubt have been heard from the losers, as the Canadian author Nancy Huston scooped the least coveted book award of the year, the Literary Review's Bad Sex prize, for her 14th novel, Infrared, about a woman who likes to snap her lovers in the throes of passion.

The judges were seduced by her vivid imagery, which included such descriptions as "flesh, that archaic kingdom that brings forth tears and terrors, nightmares, babies and bedazzlements", and "my sex swimming in joy like a fish in water".

Huston, who now lives in Paris, was either too busy or too bashful to attend the ceremony in London, but 400 guests raised a toast to her, none more heartily than the authors she vanquished, who include the distinguished BBC Newsnight economics editor Paul Mason, poet Craig Raine and veteran novelist Tom Wolfe, a previous winner in 2004.

The two authors who had been believed to be a shoo-in for the prize, JK Rowling (for her first novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy), and Fifty Shades of Grey creator EL James, were both in the end eliminated reluctantly by the judges before the shortlisting stage – Rowling because her writing wasn't nearly bad enough, and James because the prize, established to draw attention to bad sex writing "and discourage it" specifically rules out pornographic or intentionally erotic literature.
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canuck said:
That's interesting Peder, what prompted you to get it?
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1) Unusual cover.
2) "Infrared" a technical term (I'm a techie).
3) Blurbs on back regarding story sounded interesting.
4) Strictly an impulse, like so many of my other purchases.
5) Not against sex, now that I know of it.
 
Peder said:
1) Unusual cover.
2) "Infrared" a technical term (I'm a techie).
3) Blurbs on back regarding story sounded interesting.
4) Strictly an impulse, like so many of my other purchases.
5) Not against sex, now that I know of it.
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:rofl:
 
Hi Sparky! Yes, I do know that. Just haven't seen Lenny or his thread around here in a while. And I didn't think it was smut I was asking about. But, anyway.
 
Peder said:
1) Unusual cover.
2) "Infrared" a technical term (I'm a techie).
3) Blurbs on back regarding story sounded interesting.
4) Strictly an impulse, like so many of my other purchases.
5) Not against sex, now that I know of it.
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Got a chuckle out of #5. :)
 
sparkchaser said:
New Orleans backpage.com

As with all things, YMMV.
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Actually, no entries for "books" or "book forums" in that list, and New Orleans not even on the list of Top 20. How the supposed mighty have fallen! Nowadays, a trip to this Crescent City might find it milder and nicer than one might suppose, with many older tree-lined neighborhoods still retaining their historical beauty quite nicely.
 
Peder said:
Hi Sparky! Yes, I do know that. Just haven't seen Lenny or his thread around here in a while. And I didn't think it was smut I was asking about. But, anyway.
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Sparks, you know that Peder reads only classy erotica like Fifty Shades.
 
Occlith said:
Sparks, you know that Peder reads only classy erotica like Fifty Shades.
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I thought the goal here was to discuss books, not people.

I think that you -- especially you, a moderator -- know where you can look to find out what I actually read.
 
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