Nobel prize for literature: Alice Munro belatedly emerges as second favourite

Short story supremo Alice Munro has made an eleventh-hour leap to become second favourite to win this year’s Nobel prize for literature. Ladbrokes are now quoting odds of 4-1 on Munro claiming the prize when it is announced on Thursday, putting her behind only Haruki Murakami, who has been the favourite since the book opened and is now at 5-2.