Gavin Chait

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Born in Cape Town in 1974, Gavin Chait emigrated to the UK nearly ten years ago. He has degrees in Microbiology & Biochemistry, and Electrical Engineering. He is an economic development strategist and data scientist, and has travelled extensively in Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia and is now based in Oxford. His first novel, Lament for the Fallen, was critically acclaimed (Eric Brown in the Guardian called it ‘a compulsively readable, life affirming tale’). Our Memory Like Dust is his second.

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Average rating: 3.53 · 328 ratings · 63 reviews · 5 distinct worksSimilar authors
Lament for the Fallen

3.54 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions
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Our Memory Like Dust

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Usan Abasi's Lament

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating2 editions
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Tartarus Falls

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