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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press

ISBN: 9781805226383

RRP: £12.99

PAGES: 192

PUBLICATION DATE:
July 3, 2025

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Whisky and Scotland

By Neil M. Gunn

A beautiful celebration of Scottish malt whisky and the illustrious lands that produce it.

A classic since its original publication in 1935, Whisky and Scotland will enlighten and entertain all who delight in the amber spirit that evokes ‘the world of hills and glens, of raging elements, of shelter, of divine ease’.
Whisky and Scotland takes us on a journey through the Highlands of Scotland to uncover the traditional techniques whereby barley grains become liquid gold. Written by one of Scotland’s most acclaimed early twentieth-century writers, Whisky and Scotland examines whisky history, production and tradition that remains unchanged after hundreds of years. Witty and informative, this is Neil M. Gunn’s lyrical toast to uisge beatha, the Celtic ‘water of life’.

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Neil M. Gunn

Neil M. Gunn was a Scottish novelist, critic and dramatist. Born in the northernmost county of mainland Scotland in 1891, he began his career as a customs and excise officer and spent sixteen years working at the Glen Mhor Whisky Distillery. He wrote prolifically throughout his life, authoring over twenty novels, essays and works of non-fiction. In 1937 he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Highland River. Gunn is regarded as one of the most important Scottish authors of the early twentieth century and a leading light of the ‘Scottish Renaissance’ of the 1920s and 30s. He died in 1973.