William Hill says The Paying Guests most likely to take women’s prize for fiction, while Kobo ebooks calculates it has won over most readers
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Sarah Waters’ story of a widow and her daughter who take in a pair of lodgers in 1920s London, The Paying Guests, is the novel on the Baileys shortlist to have best held readers’ attention, according to ebook retailer Kobo.
As judges chaired by Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti prepare to announce their choice of winner from the six-strong shortlist for the Baileys women’s prize for fiction, Kobo said that Waters’ contender was not only the most bought novel from its ebook store, it was also the most read.
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