ĠAĦAN FL-AQWA ŻMIEN

by Mark Camilleri

Tiftakruh lil Ġaħan? Dak it-tifel Malti li ġibed il-bieb tad-dar t’ommu? Dażgur li tiftakruh. Ġaħan huwa l-aktar karattru letterarju popolari Malti. Kontu tafu li Ġaħan ta’ Malta ġej minn Ġaħan Għarbi li jismu Ġoħa? Fuq hekk ngħidilkom darb’oħra. Għalissa għandi bżonn nirrakkontalkom l-istorja tal-Ġaħan Malti għax għadda ħafna żmien minn mindu ġibed il-bieb, u minn dak iż-żmien ’l hawn Ġaħan inbidel!

Ġaħan illum jismu Dustin. Jaħdem fl-IT bħala developer. Baqa’ kummidjant imma sar xi ftit aktar intellliġenti. Ma jistax jgħabbi mara. Dejjem bil-problemi. Jixtieq isir artist imma għażżien. Moħħu biex jiekol. Daħal fil-crypto biex jagħmel lira u tilef kollox. Xtara penthouse l-Fgura fl-Aqwa Żmien u ġietu ħażin. Darba ltaqa’ ma’ politikanta li jisimha Polly u talbitu jagħmlilha website. Dustin ħaseb li tħobbu u l-website għamilhielha imma daħħlitu f’biċċa inkwiet. Imma fl-aħħar irnexxielu jpattihielha.

Dan huwa rumanz satiriku fuq Malta ħanina, ħobża u sikkina. Dan huwa rumanz fuq Malta u l-Maltin. Dustin huwa x-xempju tar-raġel Malti fl-Aqwa Żmien.

Jien, l-awtur, jisimni Mark Camilleri u dan huwa l-ewwel rumanz tiegħi. Is-soltu nikteb kotba tal-istorja. Tħawdunix ma’ kopji oħra tiegħi li għamel il-Gvern biex igerfixkom. Sirt famuż mindu kien hemm politikanta korrotta u għamlitli libell. Tgħid tagħmilli libell ieħor?

Dar Camilleri

192 pages

Published July 18, 2022

Reviews

[Connie Fenech · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed reading it - contains some good satire.
Rather disappointed to notice quite a few spelling mistakes (which, sad to admit, that I do find in some Maltese books) - maybe proofreading was rather rushed?!

[Lara Agius · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this gem. Satirical and hits at different factions of politics and culture. I think we all know a Dustin or maybe we identify with him.

As much as you want to laugh at his misfortunes and shake the narrative off as something entirely separate from yourself, you do get the feeling that much like he was suckered into so many scenarios you will be too.

Enjoyable and quick read, it made me chuckle a few times and made me worry about the state of the island a few times more. Excited to read more from Camilleri.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bought the book...wasn’t impressed...at all. Didn’t finish the book. It feels as if the main character was deliberately made to mock the average Maltese working in the IT industry with politics being an afterthought. It’s satire and there are good bits don’t get me wrong, but overall it’s a book which feels rushed with the main character deliberately being placed in awkward situations which feels sad. Hard pass.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tiftakruh lil Ġaħan? Dak it-tifel Malti li ġibed il-bieb tad-dar t’ommu? Dażgur li tiftakruh. Ġaħan huwa l-aktar karattru letterarju popolari Malti. Kontu tafu li Ġaħan ta’ Malta ġej minn Ġaħan Għarbi li jismu Ġoħa? Fuq hekk ngħidilkom darb’oħra. Għalissa għandi bżonn nirrakkontalkom l-istorja tal-Ġaħan Malti għax għadda ħafna żmien minn mindu ġibed il-bieb, u minn dak iż-żmien ’l hawn Ġaħan inbidel!

[Christian Sciortino · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hyped for nothing, bought the book as soon as it was out because of the notorious author but it was wasted time and money. Story is lacking and the cover of the book does not match with character description.

Disappointing.

[Jonathan Osairiis Camilleri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eċċellenti.

[Bertbert Xiberras · Rating 4 out of 5]

naqra satira tajjba anke jekk mimli bi żballji tal-ortografijja.

[Joe Borg · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spelling mistakes , over fill of bad language ,too rushed a job

[Josephine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the satire! Should have been proofread better though.

[Matthew Degiorgio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read. Fun book

[Alex Chetcuti]

Enjoy reading it, at times hilarious. But feels rushed during editing with more than a few spelling mistakes and typos.