Can Xue, Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood, César Aira, Gerald Murnane and Thomas Pynchon are among the authors most likely to win this year’s Nobel prize in literature, according to bookies.
Chinese avant-garde author Can Xue, 71, is Ladbrokes’ favourite to win, with odds of 10/1. She was also the favourite to win last year’s prize, which was ultimately awarded to Norwegian writer Jon Fosse.
