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The story of the seduction of a lesbian by an aging stage actor, which includes an eye-watering scene with a green dildo, has won Philip Roth the dubious honor of a place on the shortlist for the Literary Review's bad sex in fiction award. The Pulitzer prize-winning Roth makes the line-up for The Humbling, in which the aging actor, Simon, converts Pegeen, a lesbian, to heterosexuality. The Literary Review singled out a scene in which Simon and Pegeen pick up a girl from a bar and convince her to take part in a threesome. Simon looks on as Pegeen uses [...]