Thanks to Diego Zandel's reviews, OBC Transeuropa readers can keep up to date with much of the fiction that is published in bookstores and is connected to the Balkans. But Diego is not only this, he is first and foremost a writer himself and a tireless cultural animator. We interviewed him on the occasion of the reprint of two of his novels. Both Operazione Venere and Crociera pericolo - recently published by Oltre Edizioni - are two re-editions of the novels published in the historic Segretissimo series by Mondadori and are part of the so-called Esperia trilogy. What does this vessel represent? I consider the two novels an "entertainment",...