Bulwer-Lytton prize for bad writing goes to 'inappropriate' gerbil sentence
Award for world's worst writing goes to author Molly Ringle's comparison of a lovers' kiss with the sucking of a thirsty rodent
A sentence comparing a kiss to the sucking of a very thirsty gerbil has won Seattle-based novelist Molly Ringle the world's worst writing contest.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 30 June, 2010
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