Writer of volume on fine Highland town reels (7)

I believe the answer is:

nabokov

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'writer of volume on fine highland town reels' is the definition.
'nabokov' can be an answer for 'writer' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'of volume on fine highland town reels' bit.

'writer of volume on fine' is the wordplay.
'writer' becomes 'nab' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'of' becomes 'o''.
'volume' becomes 'v' (abbreviation for volume in book titles).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fine' becomes 'OK' (synonyms).
'o'+'v'='ov'
'ov' after 'ok' is 'okov'.
'nab'+'okov'='NABOKOV'

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(Other definitions for nabokov that I've seen before include "'Russian-American author, famously of Lolita (7)'" , "Vladimir --, author" , "Lolita writer" , "Russian author" , "Russian-American novelist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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