Haruki Murakami Has 11/1 Odds to Win 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Jason Boog on GalleyCat,  Sep 29, 2010

As literary types speculate about this year's nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature before the official announcement, UK gamblers are hard at work trying to predict a winner of the prestigious prize.

According to the betting site Ladbrokes,Swedish author Tomas Transtromer has the best chance with 5/1 odds. Japan's Haruki Murakami and Australia's Les Murray both have 11/1 odds of winning the prize.

Take these odds with a grain of salt. Last year, Herta Müller beat some tough odds to win the 2009 prize--Ladbrokes had Israeli author Amos Oz as the 4 to 1 favorite. (Via Michael Orthofer)

Footnote:
I notice looking at the full list at Ladbrokes that Peter Carey is at 100/1 while Bob Dylan is th rank outsider at 150/1 !