Rushdie Pipped For Booker Prize

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30 July 2008

Rushdie Pipped For Booker Prize

Following the announcement of the Long List for the 2008 Man Booker Prize, bookmakers William Hill have opened the betting and make Joseph O'Neill's 'Netherland' their 3/1 favourite followed by:

4/1 Salman Rushdie - The Enchantress of Florence

6/1 Tom Rob Smith - Child 44

8/1 Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture

8/1 Linda Grant - The Clothes on Their Backs

10/1 Mohammed Han if - A Case of Exploding Mangoes

10/1 Amite Gosh - Sea of Poppies

14/1 Arvin Amiga - The White Tiger

14/1 Michelle de Kreutzer - The Lost Dog

16/1 John Berger - From A to X

16/1 Steve Tilts - A Fraction of the Whole

20/1 Gaynor Arnold - Girl in a Blue Dress

"Although Salman Rushdie is the man in form having won the Booker of Bookers, that book is now over 20 years old and his recent work has not been winning literary awards. However, Joseph O'Neill's novel, Netherland has been creating a real buzz and is also being suggested as the first novel to become a serious contender for the Bookie Prize - the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and for that reason we believe it is a worthy favourite." said William Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.