Haruki Murakami 3/1 Joyce Carol Oates 6/1 Peter Nadas 7/1 Jon Fosse 9/1 Ko Un 10/1 Assia Djebar 10/1 Alice Munro 12/1 Adonis 14/1 Philip Roth 16/1 Amos Oz 16/1 Thomas Pynchon 20/1 Ngugi Wa Thiog'o 20/1
A Ladbrokes spokesman said: "There were quite a few bigger-than-average bets in Fosse's home country of Norway – nothing untoward, but he was well-backed so we cut the odds from 100/1 first to 33/1, and then to 14/1. It was quite a dramatic tumble, especially for an outsider."
He added that bookmakers were more sensitive to sudden movement in odds "with a prize like this. There are lots of contenders and the prices are high, say 100/1. It's a big liability and it can quickly stack up."
Bookmakers often suspend trading if unusual patterns of betting occur, in order to recalibrate prices.
Has a good chance in the opinion of the literary world Belarusian writer and this year's winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Svetlana Alexijewitsch (65). "A brave woman," said the publisher Svante Weyler.
"An exceptional journalist and author," says Maria Schottenius. "It would be very wise to give the prize to someone who can make a difference in how it does it."
- their support but never won a Nobel Prize. For 20 years, the literary award did not go to the United States.
They also do not believe that an American this year to get the Nobel Prize, said the Swedish columnist Mary Schottenius. "It could be that the committee is waiting for the next generation of American writers."
In your opinion about the Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich has a good chance. She was a writer who "of the world has to say about the remarkable things happening in Russia."
4.00 Haruki Murakami 8.00 Joyce Carol Oates 9.00 Peter Nadas 9.00 Svetlana Aleksijevitj 10.00 Adonis 10.00 Cees Nooteboom 10.00 Ismail Kadare 10.00 Umberto Eco 10.00 Paul Auster 12.00 Ngugi Wa Thiong'o 12.00 Milan Kundera 12.00 Thomas Pynchon 14.00 Philip Roth 14.00 Don De Lillo 16.00 Alice Munro 16.00 Amos Oz 20.00 William Trevor 20.00 Cormac Mc Carthy 20.00 Dacia Maraini 20.00 Bob Dylan 25.00 Ko Un 25.00 Assia Djebar 25.00 Margaret Atwood 25.00 Mircea Cartarescu 30.00 Leonard Nolens 30.00 Andrea Camilleri