Betting on the Man Booker prize has been suspended “after a flurry of bets supporting Tom McCarthy’s novel C.” How many bets, exactly, is a “flurry” you ask?
“The bookmaker’s spokesperson David Williams said £15,000-worth of bets were placed on C on Wednesday morning, completely outstripping all earlier betting on the prize, which had previously totaled just £10,000 since the announcement of the longlist in July.”
Daaaaaaaamn.
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