“A surprising number of bettors correctly chose French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio to win the 2008 Nobel Prize for literature — leading the Nobel prize jury to suspect a leak,” the AP reports. Swedish Academy permanent secretary (and anti-American) Horace Engdahl has a “strong suspicion that there has been a leak in the system.” British bookmaker Ladbrooke’s saw the odds on Le Clezio fall from 14-to-1 down to a 1-to-2 favorite right before the announcement. But Engdahl does not fault himself, though he admits reading a book by Le Clezio while flying back to Sweden last week, saying he […]