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Bookies Odds For The Booker

Posted at 12:09PM Tuesday 09 Sep 2008

The Booker Prize judges have done bookies William Hill a favour by omitting the three favourites from the shortlist and as result Hills now make Sebastian Barry their favourite at 2/1.

"We were convinced that the winner would be either Joseph O'Neill or Salman Rushdie and are amazed that neither even made the shortlist. As a result it looks like a very open competition with everyone in with a chance," said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe.

William Hill Booker Prize Shortlist

2/1 Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture

3/1 Linda Grant - The Clothes on Their Backs

3/1 Steve Toltz - A Fraction of the Whole

6/1 Amitav Ghosh - Sea of Poppies

8/1 Philip Hensher - The Northern Clemency

8/1 Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger

Booker Prize shortlist announced

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