Comments on: Norman Mailer Wins 2007 Bad Sex Award for ‘The Castle in the Forest’ http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Sun, 26 May 2013 02:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/#comment-4852 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:38:35 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/#comment-4852 No need to apologize. You should see what people do to “Harayda.” Maybe I should say that it’s pronounced “Hurray-dah”? My father was a star high school and college football player, and at least one newspaper wrote in a headline: “Hip, hip Harayda” …

]]> By: impatientreaderdotcom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/#comment-4851 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:03:10 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/#comment-4851 Eeeek, sorry, Janice, for calling you Joyce in the earlier comment. I just realized I did that! :) K.

]]> By: impatientreaderdotcom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/#comment-4850 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:57:11 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/#comment-4850 Glad I could help. K. :)

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/#comment-4841 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:19:12 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/#comment-4841 That line by Mailer is priceless! (“His mouth lathered with her sap …”?!) I agree that it beats McEwan (and also a line I saw from Ali Smith’s “Boys and Girls.” A thousand thanks. You are the hero-of-the-day on this site for providing the link.

To all of you who need a laugh today, click on the link provided by impatientreader right away. (I’ll try to copy the link and put it into the main post.)

]]> By: impatientreaderdotcom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/#comment-4840 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:50:46 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/norman-mailer-wins-2007-bad-sex-award-for-the-castle-in-the-forest/#comment-4840 Hello, Joyce! This link should take you to online BBC News where you can read a truly awful sentence from Norman Mailer’s novel. I didn’t think anyone could beat that McEwan scene, but Mailer does! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7115451.stm
All the best, K.

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