Russian writer of 'Dr No' told story (7)
I believe the answer is:
tolstoy
'russian writer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tolstoy that I've seen before include "Count Leo . . . . . . . wrote 'War and Peace'" , "Lost toy of the Russian author" , "Author of Anna Karenina, d.1910" , "Russian novelist" , "Writer of War and Peace, d.1910" .)