Book cover design by GRAY318 for ‘The Hour Of The Wolf ‘ by Fatima Bhutto
GRAY318
Jon Gray, known professionally as GRAY318 has designed the cover for The Hour of the Wolf.
Jon is a British graphic designer whose work centres on publishing, typography and visual identity.
He has created book covers for authors including Zadie Smith, Sally Rooney, David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Safran Foer and Salman Rushdie.
His work has helped establish a direct and recognisable approach to contemporary literary publishing.
Jon is represented by Dutch Uncle. His design for The Hour of the Wolf places the memoir firmly within his long body of work for major writers. It is another title under his cover.
Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto is a Pakistani writer, journalist and novelist. She was born in Kabul and grew up in Syria and Pakistan.
Her previous books include the memoir Songs of Blood and Sword, the novel The Shadow of the Crescent Moon and The Runaways. Her writing often examines family, political power, violence, identity and displacement.
The story
The Hour of the Wolf is a memoir about grief, emotional abuse and recovery.
Fatima writes about the murder of her father, who was shot outside the family home when she was a teenager. As an adult, she enters a damaging relationship with a charismatic man who promises her the family life she wants.
The book follows her attempt to understand the relationship and leave it. Her Jack Russell terrier, Coco, remains beside her throughout this period.
Coco becomes central to Fatima’s recovery. Their relationship leads her to consider loyalty, motherhood, friendship and the responsibilities people have towards animals and the natural world.
Daunt Books Publishing
The Hour of the Wolf is published by Daunt Books Publishing, an independent British publisher connected to Daunt Books.
The publisher specialises in literary fiction, memoir, essays and translated writing. Its list includes contemporary authors alongside rediscovered works from the twentieth century.
