The Nobel Steeplechase

The Literary Saloon reminds us that it isn't long before the Nobel Prize in Literature is due to be announced and posts up Ladbrokes' odds for the punters:

The top ten betting favorites currently -- keeping Ladbrokes' (mis)spellings* intact -- are:

* Amos Oz 4/1
* Assia Djebar 5/1
* Luis Goytisola 6/1
* Joyce Carol Oates 7/1
* Philip Roth 7/1
* Adonis 8/1
* Antoni Tabucchi 9/1
* Claudio Magris 9/1
* Haruki Murakami 9/1
* Thomas Pynchon 9/1

(the full list of all the runners is here).

Who would your money be on?

(*Hope someone from the bookmakers reads Michael's post and acccepts a rap on the knuckles for getting so many names wrong! Suspect this won't happen though.)