American Nobel?

[Dave Monroe]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ladbrokes' frontrunner is currently the Italian scholar Claudio Magris, who is 3/1 favourite to take the SEK10m prize, trailed by the Syrian poet Adonis at 4/1. Joyce Carol Oates and Philip Roth are the highest placed Americans, at 7/1, while Don DeLillo is at 10/1 and Thomas Pynchon at 20/1; Ladbrokes is also offering 40/1 odds on the generally reclusive Pynchon both winning and attending the prize-giving on December 10....

If I had to put money on it, I'd say Adonis ...

... though I'd hedge my bet with Pynchon nonetheless ...