Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess. Not at all the sort of thing I usually read, but I am about to go on holiday to Malta and wanted to read a couple of books set there. So far so good, well written and interesting, though I'm not learning too much about Malta, so far, since it sprawls all over the world across most of the 20th century.
I will probably try some more of his - A Clockwork Orange, I suppose, would be next obvious one to try as it's the best known. Anyone read any others of his and able to recommend the best ones?
I hadn't realised it until after I bought it, but apparently it was named as the third best work of British and Commonwealth fiction of the last 25 years in the Observer in 2006, so I suppose it ought to be good!