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Nobel for Literature
My picks:
Murakami [Japan] 5-1 Pynchon 10-1 [if it goes to US, I predict him and not Roth] Achebe 50-1 McCarthy 50-1 [doubtful, but still worthwhile. Oates at 9-1 is overbet imho] for Peace Prize, I like Sendler as the pick, but have no strong opinion overall. 13/14 have been European lately [iirc], so I expect it not to be another like McEwan, Kundera, Eco, or similar. I think there is serious value on Achebe at 50-1, and with that leverage, you don't need to bet much to be happy. Adonis at 14-1 prolly has some small value, he was around 4-1 4 years ago and has been dropping since. |
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Re: Nobel for \'
I think there is value on Gore for Peace Prize at Pinny at +312. Betus has it at +250 and tradesports has it at almost even money. There would be a very nice arb if pinny didn't have a max of $50.
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Re: Nobel for Literature
FWIW, Murakami is my absolute favorite author.
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Re: Nobel for Literature
FWIW, I'm a big fan of Pynchon
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Re: Nobel for Literature
Nabokov > Pynchon > Murakimi > Faulkner > Amis >>>> everyone else
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Re: Nobel for Literature
I had to take about 10 showers while reading Nabakov....I felt so dirty
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Re: Nobel for Literature
Dude, that's one book. Most of us think Pale Fire is the real masterpiece anyway. [well, both are, but Pale Fire is better.]
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Re: Nobel for Literature
I'll have to pick it up
I mean...I thought Lolita was real good, which is why I finished it, but it left me as creeped out as that Kevin Bacon/Kyra Sedgwick movie (The Woodsman?). |
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Re: Nobel for Literature
The Gift, and The Defense [recently made into a Turturro film?] as well. Skip the movie and read the book though.
Pale Fire starts as a poem, and then becomes a novel in the form of 'notes' by your traditional unhinged narrator. |
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Re: Nobel for Literature
Gambling > Drinking >>>>>>>>> Reading
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