When Ryan Murdock moved to Malta in 2011, he intended to write a “breezy island novel” replete with quirky characters and sun-soaked tranquility. He would go on to write a book, but it was not the one he imagined. In a book that is part thriller, but anthropological examination, and part tribute to the pioneering Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, Ryan told a gripping tale that all serious readers of travel writing need to have on their shelves.
Ryan is also the author of two other books, Personal Freedom and Vagabond Dreams, and the host of the Personal Landscapes podcast.
For the latest episode of the Travel Writing Podcast, I spoke to Ryan from my home in Poznan, Poland, and he joined from his book-lined office in the suburbs of Berlin.
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