Tom Wolfe Wins Bad Sex In Lit Honors

Dec 14, 2004

Apparently, the Brits don’t appreciate Wolfe’s steamy scenes in his latest novel, “I am Charlotte Simmons.” I envy Wolfe: I’ve never gotten an award for sex, good, bad, or indifferent.

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