Talking Malta with Jeremy Bassetti

Did you miss our live launch conversation for A Sunny Place for Shady People?

I know the start time didn’t fit everyone’s schedule.

It was 1am here in Berlin — but I’m far sharper past midnight than I am in the morning, so I didn’t mind.

I spoke with Jeremy Bassetti, host of the excellent Travel Writing World podcast, about: 

• why I moved to a country I’d never been to
• the history of this unique island nation
• the darker currents lurking beneath village life
• …and the political capture of a European Union member state by a criminal cabal

If you want to know why a public inquiry held the government of Malta responsible for the car bomb killing of an investigative journalist — and the Office of the Prime Minister in particular — then you’ll want to listen in on this conversation.

You can watch it here:

I hope you’ll find it interesting enough to pick up a copy of my new book.