Greatest Maltese Novel?

L-Ghalqa Ta’ L-Iskarjota, a Maltese thriller about investigative journalists preparing a television program, has been hailed by the arts society of Malta as one of the greatest works ever produced on the Mediterranean island, a densely populated nation of 410,000; however, its author, Alfred Sant, is the much-maligned and controversial former prime minister of the Labour Party who has spent seventeen years in public office.

An interview with Sant by Raphael Vassallo of Malta Today illuminates the unique literary community of Malta, with its vibrant linguistic and artistic history despite notoriously close quarters.