The nominees for the world's least-wanted literary prize, the Guardian Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction, have been announced. It's a strong field this year, but Updike is off to an early lead with a regrettable comparison of women's personal lubrication.
The full article, with more appalling details, is here.
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