The Wolf Pit

by Will Cohu

In 1966, two years after he was born, author Will Cohu's grandparents moved to Bramble Carr, a remote cottage on the Yorkshire moors. To a child spending his summers and winters there, the moors were full of freedom; only later would Will become aware of the price the adults had paid for life in this most romantic of settings. THE WOLF PIT depicts a rural Britain that is passionate, funny and frightening, where the idyll is sometimes shot through with drink, disappointment and the black dog of self-destruction...

344 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2013

About the author

Will Cohu was born in Yorkshire in 1964. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, from 1992 he freelanced as writer, editor and journalist, mostly for the Daily Telegraph. His books include Urban Dog (2001) and Out of the Woods (2007). He has been twice short-listed for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Award. His memoir, The Wolf Pit, was published in 2012 and shortlisted for the PEN/Ackerley Prize. He lives in Lincolnshire.