Good News for Aniruddha Bahal who is this year’s Literary Review’s “Bad Sex in Fiction” award.
Aniruddha Bahal’s book, “Bunker 13” — described as a combination of the styles of ex-SAS author Andy McNab and romance novelist Jilly Cooper — was awarded the prize on Wednesday for the most inept description of sexual intercourse in a novel.
“Your RPM is hitting a new high. To wait any longer would be to lose prime time…
“She picks up a Bugatti’s momentum. You want her more at a Volkswagen’s steady trot. Squeeze the maximum mileage out of your gallon of gas. But she’s eating up the road with all cylinders blazing. You lift her out. You want to try different kinds of fusion.”
Income possibility (offtopic)
Somebody could probably make a lot of money manufacturing ribbons or plaques for bad sex awards. Like at a 4-H fair, you could keep a stack of them by your bed and hand them out–blue, red and white…and of course, honorable mention for effort. Too bad Sex in the City is done–they could have done much to promote this. (or maybe they did–I only saw it twice, at conference in HBO-equipped hotels).