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50 Shades not bad enough for Sex Awards

E.L. James’ 50 Shades of Grey and J.K. Rowling’s adult novel Casual Vacancy have missed out on the shortlist for the Literary Review’s annual Bad Sex Awards.

22 Nov 2012 12:00

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Writing and Publishing

The Literary
Review’s 20^th annual award for the most embarrassing passage of
sexual description in a novel does not include E.L. James’ 50 Shades of Grey
or J.K. Rowling’s Casual Vacancy in the shortlist – as one might expect.

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