Osaka – After less than two months from its release in bookstores Mondadori announces the reprint of “Doromizu – Torbid water” a Japanese noir novel written by the diplomatic Mario Vattani. The book’s success among the general public was matched by the critics’ praise both for the issues addressed and the writing style. This is a major achievement for a debut novel that the former Consul in Osaka described as “A sensual and cruel initiatory journey into Tokyo’s depth, because of the choice of setting it in a noir and in decline Japanese capital at the beginning of the millennium” ( 9Colonne )
