After reading The Road and close to finishing Kafka on the Shore, I can't believe Cormac McCarthy and Haruki Murakami are considered on the same plane. Murakami is amazing.
My money is on Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Both Murakami and McCarthy are essentially popular novelists and the Nobel committee doesn't generally honor popular novelists.
Also, you can't judge McCarthy by The Road, read Blood Meridian or the Border trilogy before making a decision.
During grad school, reading Murakami after reading McCarthy was like eating a handful of minty Tums and drinking a cool glass of water after eating a plate of greasy fish and chips... by which of course, I mean, it was a relief. So much for that MSc. Anyway, even saying that, I don't think any of these people are worth a Nobel, but as we all know it's not exactly a meritocracy. I just don't want that lazy hack McCarthy to win.
Also, you can't judge McCarthy by The Road, read Blood Meridian or the Border trilogy before making a decision.
McCarthy sucks, The Road was terrible.