Throbbing Towards Literary Ecstasy

Congratulations to Iain Hollingshead for winning the Bad Sex In Fiction award; he was chosen for his novel “Twenty Something.”

I’ll get to the climax prematurely and summarize as follows:

Judges were moved by Hollingshead's evocation of "a commotion of grunts and squeaks, flashing unconnected images and explosions of a million little particles." His description of "bulging trousers" sealed the win, the judges said.

"Because Hollingshead is a first-time writer, we wished to discourage him from further attempts," the judges -- editors of Literary Review magazine -- said in a statement. "Heavyweights like Thomas Pynchon and Will Self (other award nominees) are beyond help at this point."

Hollingshead, 25, who received his award from rocker Courtney Love at a London ceremony, said he was delighted to become the prize's youngest winner.

"I hope to win it every year," said Hollingshead, who receives a statuette and a bottle of champagne.

Great attitude, and receiving the award from Courtney Love is a nice touch.

Keep up the bad work.