Nobel

It’s October, which means that we’re all about to hear who wins the Booker.

The Nobel Prize follows shortly, which means that we’ll soon be treated to the annual fight over the awarding of the Nobel to Obscure Author X, whom Self-Aggrandizing Nobel Judge Y will say he was the only one to vote against and that it’s all a conspriacy of the liberal judges.

Ahh, October.

The Literary Saloon has Nobel odds. Pynchon is 30-1. Murakami is a better bet . . .

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