American author Everett and British writer Harvey have been given the shortest odds of winning the £50,000 literary prize but Ladbrokes say the ‘race is wide-open’

Percival Everett and Samantha Harvey are the bookies’ favourites to win the 2024 Booker prize.

American author Everett was Ladbrokes’ frontrunner before the company closed bets on Monday morning, with 2/1 odds of taking home the £50,000 award for his novel James – a reimagining of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved Jim.