Saxton Reads! & Reviews

Last week I reported the contenders for The Literary Review"s  Bad Sex in Fiction Award. If anyone cares Rowan Somerville won the 2010 award last week. Until receiving the award Somerville had been receiving fairly good reviews of his book, The Shape of Her.

Though a bit aghast Somerville was nothing if not gracious saying this during his acceptance speech "There is nothing so English as bad sex," he said. "So, on behalf of the nation, I'd like to thank you."

Somerville joins the ranks of some pretty good authors who have also received this "honor". Author Johnathan Littell won last year for The Kindly Ones.

Interestingly not one Connecticut library owns The Shape of Her, though many, including Saxton B. have The Kindly Ones on their shelves. I couldn't find a copy on Amazon either. Could be that Somerville is an Irish author and his book was probably published in the UK.

All you award aspiring authors take heed...be careful what you write when it comes to words of the flesh. You could just be next year's winner!