Tuesday, October 09, 2007

News at Eleven: The online betting site Ladbrokes

saw its credibility soar last year when Turkish author Orhan Pamuk had the site's best odds and ended up taking home the honour.

This year, the site has Italian novelist and essayist Claudio Magris in the top spot with 5-to-1 odds, followed closely by Australian poet Les Murray and American author Philip Roth, who is frequently mentioned as a Nobel contender.

from France 24: Date is set for Nobel Literature Prize

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