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Oliver Gray
@olivergray
Independent writer working mainly in literary fiction, with an interest in craft, books and the practical side of publishing.
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About the writer
Oliver Gray writes literary fiction and historical fiction. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
A story does not need to explain everything to know what it means.
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Stories by Oliver Gray
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The Last Map Room
Set in Exeter during the winter of 1943, the novel follows a quiet cataloguer in the county record office who discovers that a set of wartime maps has been altered, not by enemy action but by someone close to home. As air raids, rationing and old loyalties press in, he is drawn into a slow inquiry that unsettles his work, his marriage and his idea of what can be known for certain.
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