American author Everett and British writer Harvey have been given the shortest odds of winning the £50,000 literary prize but Ladbrokes say the ‘race is wide-open’
American author Everett and British writer Harvey have been given the shortest odds of winning the £50,000 literary prize but Ladbrokes say the ‘race is wide-open’American author Everett was Ladbrokes’ frontrunner before the company closed bets on Monday morning, with 2/1 odds of taking home the £50,000 award forHarvey leads on sales ahead of the announcement of the winner on Tuesday evening, with almost 29,000 copies of Orbital having been sold this year in the UK, according to.
Ladbrokes gave 5/1 odds to both Kushner and Canadian poet and novelist Michaels for Held. The company had given Michaels the longest odds at 8/1, but they were cut over the weekend. Held explores themes of trauma, grief and memory, moving back and forward in time and place, from a battlefield in first world war France to North Yorkshire and elsewhere. William Hill still has Michaels as the outsider, with odds of 7/1. The book has sold nearly 11,000 copies in the UK across its paperback and hardback editions.
“With just hours to go until this year’s Booker Prize winner is crowned, the betting is closer than ever”, says Alex Apati of Ladbrokes. “While Percival Everett’s James continues to head the betting, there’s been some late interest in Held byFollowing Orbital, James is the second bestselling title from the list, with a little over 21,000 copies sold in the UK so far., was given relatively long odds, with 11/2 at William Hill and 6/1 at Ladbrokes.
The only debut novel on the shortlist, The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, was deemed the outsider by Ladbrokes before bets closed, at 7/1. The novel looks at the treatment of Jews in postwar Netherlands through a family drama. At William Hill, it sees odds of 11/2. Almost 10,000 copies have been sold in the UK.and Waterstones are due to launch the “Booker Library” at the chain’s Piccadilly branch.
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