Bad Sex Award
The 17th Annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award goes to author Jonathan Littell has won the 17th annual Bad Sex In Fiction Award, for some hilarious passages in his novel The Kindly Ones. However, some of the sentences aren’t as good/bad as they’ve been in some years and this is a translation from the French, which can affect some meanings. It’s also difficult judging for oneself when reading these lines out of context. Read more on the book and the award at BBC News.
Cringe worthy? Spiteful? Personally, I think it would be a fun award to win and as they say, any publicity is good, although I’m not sure that’s always entirely true.
However, this year I wish to announce my own contender/winner even though it’s for a book published some years ago:
“She kept a secret spring surrounded by sweet moss, and there he was refreshed.”
And the winner is…
Stephen King for this line in his 5th Dark Tower novel ‘Wolves of the Calla’. It does read slightly better in context but made me roar with laughter so unless that was his intention (and even if it was) this has got to be a dodgy euphemism if ever I heard one. Otherwise, I love the Dark Tower series and am finally getting to read the whole thing through. Love the character of Roland but my hero is Eddie.
One thing’s for sure, I’m going to have to think more clearly when constructing such sentences.
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It’s true, there is an award for everything. No one is a loser, lol.