Toxic wallpaper from the Victorian-era inspires chilling novel, "The Company"

Jon Michael Varese has written a tale of poisonous beauty, paranoia, treachery and madness

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HOUSTON — Jon Michael Varese is the author of "The Company" and "The Spirit Photographer." You can follow him on social media via Instagram and X / Twitter. For more information about The University of Delaware's Poison Book Project, visit their website, a nd to learn about the history of arsenic in wallpapers, go to the Journal of Victorian.

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