Genoa. May 9th He is an established crime writer, art expert and collector, lawyer and critic, consultant to foundations and museums: he is Armando D’Amarothe writer who invented characters beloved by mystery readers Marshal Corradi and the Commissioner Boccadoro. With a past as an accomplished lawyer and as a refined and capable gallery owner, D’Amaro is today one of the most important crime writers in Italy and curator of important collections and collections of short stories always linked to detective and legal environments. “Dominant Black – An investigation by Commissioner Boccadoro”, “Commissioner Boccadoro – Genoa the denied crimes”, “Boccadoro and the hot summer”, “Boccadoro and the red coat”, “Crime at the Commenda di Prè”, “Genoa: investigation under the bombs” are some of the volumes dedicated to the saga set in the times of fascism. To give an idea of how much the character is now loved by everyone, the Gazzetta dello Sport, the most read newspaper in Italy, has distributed “Dominant Black”, the first volume that gave rise to the series and the title perfectly recalls the historical period in where the story is set, fascist Italy after the African wars and colonialism.
“I try to reconstruct – the writer explains – not only Genoa and Liguria, but to rediscover well-known and lesser-known historical figures who I try to make interact with those I invent. So by mixing history and fiction I enrich the documents I consult and compelling real events are intertwined with realistic characters inserted in the environment and atmosphere of those years that we hope will never return.”
D’Amaro’s books are published by the Genoese publishing house dei Frilli brothers. D’Amaro, born in Genoa in 1956, lives in Ligurian chalice, the beautiful town in the Finale hinterland in which the famous “La Controbanda” was set. Corradi investigates in Calice”. After classical studies and a degree in law he practiced forensic and academic activities which he later abandoned to dedicate himself to noir writing and art criticism. He is a consultant for museums, foundations and art centers. For Fratelli Frilli Editori he has also published Delitto ai Parchi (2007), La Controbanda (2007; 2016 in Italia Noir for Repubblica-l’Espresso), The butterfly with red wings (2008), Liberaci dal male (2010, with the criminologist Marco Lagazzi ), The testament of Mrs. Gaetani (2014), The mesata: Corradi returns to Calice (2016), Nero Dominante (2017), Marshal Corradi and the escaped prisoner (2019) and edited, among others, the anthologies Incantevoli stronze (2008 ), Women, women’s stories (2009), A window on noir (2017); 44 cats in noir (2018) and All the flavors of Noir (2019), Odio e maore in noir (2021). His monologue Atlassib is successfully performed in the theater; numerous texts he wrote for artists, also translated into English and Russian.
Claudio Almanzi
