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020			_a9781595342942 _q(hardcover)
020			_a159534294X _q(hardcover)
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100	1		_aMurdock, Ryan, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA sunny place for shady people : _bhow Malta became one of the most curious and corrupt places in the world / _cRyan Murdock.
246	3	0	_aHow Malta became one of the most curious and corrupt places in the world
264		1	_aSan Antonio, Texas : _bTrinity University Press, _c[2024]
300			_avii, 262 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-262).
505	0		_aIsland Life -- Strange Crimes -- Daphne -- Point of No Return -- The Wages of Sin.
520			_a"The car bomb assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017 shocked the European Union and put the world's spotlight on an island so small that few knew it was an independent country and even fewer could find it on the map. But Caruana Galizia's death didn't come as a surprise to those who lived there. Ryan Murdock had visions of living a slow-paced island life on the Mediterranean while writing about his experiences, so in 2011 he moved from Canada to Malta. To the casual visitor, Malta is a sleepy place with sun-soaked shorelines and ancient fortified harbors. Murdock imagined it to be an archipelago island of warm weather, gorgeous views, busy cafes, and grilled fish dinners. On the surface, it was. The six years Murdock spent in Malta revealed an insular culture whose fundamental baseline is amoral familism, a worldview in which any action taken to benefit one's family or oneself is justifiable, regardless of whether it is legal or ethical. In such a place murder may or may not be wrong, depending on what one thinks of another's politics. This pervasive perspective created a culture of corruption that rose all the way to the top of the island nation. The office of the prime minister was implicated in Caruana Galizia's murder, and the investigation continues to reveal a government mired in money laundering, human trafficking, fuel smuggling, and the sale of EU passports to Russian and Middle Eastern oligarchs. Interspersed with personal narrative, Murdock delves into Malta's unique geopolitical, cultural, ethnic, and religious history-one that transformed it from a hub of prehistoric rule into a modern society where a powerful cabal of political and business leaders nearly got away with murder"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aMurdock, Ryan.
600	1	0	_aGalizia, Daphne Caruana, _d1964-2017.
650		0	_aPolitical corruption _zMalta.
651		0	_aMalta _xSocial life and customs _y21st century.
651		0	_aMalta _xHistory.
651		0	_aMalta _xPolitics and government _y21st century.
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