Literary Review recently gave its annual bad sex writing award to Rowan Somerville for The Shape of Her, which spread to the masses this magnificent image: “Like a lepidopterist mounting a tough-skinned insect with a too blunt pin he screwed himself into her.” But professional novelists aren’t the only ones guilty of bad sex writing, and it’s time to give others their due. Here, we’ve assembled TNR’s list of the worst sex scenes penned by prominent political figures, from Tony Blair to Newt Gingrich to Gary Hart. Click through to read them if you’re feeling brave.
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