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Bad sex prize claimed by egg orgasm

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:20:35 GMT

Award-winner Jonathan Littell: don't let him cook you breakfast The annual prize was contested by literary heavyweights Philip Roth for The Humbling, John Banville for The Infinites and Paul Theroux for A Dead Hand. However.
Source: Metro.co.uk

Jonathan Littell's 'The Kindly Ones' gets Bad Sex award!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:16:07 GMT

The tome, which narrates the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of one of the executioners, bagged the award beating the works of the likes of Philip Roth, John Banville, Paul Theroux and the literary rock star Nick Cave.
Source: New Kerala

Bad sex award goes to Jonathan Littell's The Kindly Ones

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:07:59 GMT

The Kindly Ones, which tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of one of the executioners, beat off stiff competition from a stellar shortlist that included entries from Philip Roth, John Banville, Paul Theroux and the literary rock star Nick...
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Bad Sex in Fiction Awards: Read the Nominees and Our All-Time Top 10

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:22:21 GMT

It may not be the Nobel Prize, but the competition for this year’s “Bad Sex in Fiction” award is just as stiff (cringe — pun intended).
Source: Flavorwire

Breaking the Wall

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:51:59 GMT

“Categories are like walls,” says bestselling author Michael Connelly, “and walls keep people out.” What separates the genre of crime fiction from literary fiction may be more membrane than wall, but it's still a barrier that is often tricky to...
Source: Publishers Weekly

Paperbacks

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:41:17 GMT

The third book penned under John Banville’s crime-writer pseudonym revolves around John Glass, a worn-out Irish international correspondent who has recently moved to New York City.
Source: Irish Times

Banville vows to avoid sex

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:41:17 GMT

Having been shortlisted once again for the Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction award, John Banville jokes that he’ll avoid the subject altogether in the future, writes FIONA McCANN ‘ALBA HAS stepped out of her dress in one flowing, stylised movement,...
Source: Irish Times

Can Nick Cave rival Bad Sex Award favorite Philip Roth?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:30 GMT

British magazine the Literary Review has announced the shortlist of finalists for its Bad Sex Award.
Source: Los Angeles Times

Quoted in 'Philip Roth's The Humbling Shortlisted For Bad-Sex Prize'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:22:18 GMT

said in ArtsJournal:

Roth can comfort himself with the fact that a roll call of literary fiction's great and good, from Booker winner John Banville to acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos Oz, Goncourt winner Jonathan Littell and Whitbread winner Paul Theroux

John Banville on Benjamin Black

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:07:58 GMT