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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
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The Literary
Review’s 20th 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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