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Presenting the nominees for the 2014 bad sex in fiction awards

Dina RickmanNov 12, 2014 The Literary Review has announced the nominees for its 2014 bad sex in fiction award, which aims to "draw attention to poorly written, perfunctory or redundant passages of sexual description in modern fiction, and to discourage them". Those in the running this year include Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark with her debut novel The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle and Man Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan. The winner will be announced in December. For now, here is the full list of nominees: The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan The Hormone Factory by Saskia Goldschmidt Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami The Age of Magic by Ben Okri The Affairs of Others by Amy Grace Loyd Desert God by Wilbur Smith Things to Make and Break by May-Lan Tan The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle by Kirsty Wark More: These are the eight best books of the year, according to Waterstones

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