{"product_id":"the-company-9781399802635","title":"The Company","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''[A] stunning Gothic chiller'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Diabolically good . . . J.M. Varese''s gothic tale is sinuously elegant and claustrophobic as deadly Victorian wallpaper'' \u003c\/b\u003eKate Griffin, author of \u003ci\u003eFyneshade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon, 1870.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Braithwhite lives a privileged existence as heir to the fortune of Braithwhite \u0026amp; Company - the most successful purveyor of English luxury wallpapers the world over. The company''s formulas have been respected for nearly a century, but have always remained cloaked in mystery. No one has been able to explain the originality of design, or the brilliance of their colours, leaving many to wonder if the mysterious spell-like effect of their wallpapers is due simply to artistry, or something more sinister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Mr Luckhurst, the company''s manager, and the man who has acted as surrogate father to Lucy and her invalid brother John since they were children, suddenly dies, Lucy is shocked to discover that there i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e . . . J.M. Varese's \u003cb\u003estylish Gothic chiller\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eThose brilliant colours and patterns hide a terrible secret - one that has poisoned the lives of this unhappy family for many years . . . \u003cb\u003eThe neat set-up allows for a pervasive air of madness\u003c\/b\u003e; the house is claustrophobic and its inhabitants are increasingly delusional * TLS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Company \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003ediabolically good\u003c\/b\u003e. The sibling heirs to a troubled wallpaper manufacturer  are charmed by the charismatic Mr Rivers. But is he a saviour or something corrupt and corrupting? J.M. Varese's gothic tale is \u003cb\u003esinuously elegant and claustrophobic as deadly Victorian wallpaper\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kate Griffin, author of FYNESHADE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Company \u003c\/i\u003eis a chilling gothic thriller,\u003cb\u003e both subtle and relentless in its build-up of terror\u003c\/b\u003e. The story\u003cb\u003e creeps up on you much as the patterns in its poisonous wallpapers do: entrancing, entwining, and entrapping\u003c\/b\u003e. J.M. Varese, with this deliciously disquieting novel, joins the company of Shirley Jackson, Sarah Waters, and Henry James. * Hollis Seamon, author of CORPOREALITY *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea roller-coaster of a read\u003c\/b\u003e. Varese \u003cb\u003ebrings to life the true grittiness of 19th-century London\u003c\/b\u003e with great enthusiasm, combining historical fiction with a feel for the gothic thriller -- Amanda Foreman, author of THE DUCHESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReimagining Victorian haunting for a new generation\u003c\/b\u003e, this brilliant novel grounds its terrors in the company we keep and the Companies we make and trust. As eery as the stories of M.R. James, \u003ci\u003eThe Company \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ecreeps up on its readers before it so splendidly pounces\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eThe new master of suspense has arrived\u003c\/b\u003e -- John Bowen, author of OTHER DICKENS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA crisp and austere work of Victorian gothic\u003c\/b\u003e, exploring the brutal history of the wallpaper industry, where designs of entrancing beauty came drenched in blood and suffering -- Eva Dolan, author of THIS IS HOW IT ENDS\u003cbr\u003eA naïve young woman, a charismatic stranger, a curse on the house where they struggle for mastery-from these staples of Gothic fiction, \u003cb\u003eJon Varese has crafted a deliciously chilling tale\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eThe authentic and engaging voice of Lucy Braithwhite draws you into a sheltered world where unease and terror build slowly and subtly until the stunning climax\u003c\/b\u003e. Like the brilliant wallpapers that made the Braithwhite fortune, this novel both conceals and reveals poisonous family secrets involving The Company -- Mamta Chaudhry, author of HAUNTING PARIS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836766077271,"sku":"9781399802635","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-company-9781399802635","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}