Ladbrokes makes 27-year-old author of Everything Under 9/4 favourite to take the £50,000 award on Tuesday evening
Daisy Johnson, the youngest author ever to make the Man Booker prize shortlist, is proving the most popular with readers with just hours to go before the judges unveil the winner of this year’s £50,000 prize on Tuesday evening.
As the judging panel, chaired by Kwame Anthony Appiah, settle in to find a winner from the six titles they picked for their shortlist, 27-year-old British author Johnson’s first novel Everything Under also overtook former favourite Richard Powers at the bookies. Jessica Bridge of Ladbrokes said that while the American literary heavyweight had been the long-term favourite to win this year’s Booker with his environmental novel The Overstory, “money is coming for Daisy Johnson in the 11th hour to cause an upset”. Johnson was given odds by Ladbrokes of 9/4 to win, while Powers sat at 5/2.
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