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Iain Banks Raw Spirit. The non-fiction, biography-cum-travelogue-cum-whisky book. Gosh, what a lot of -cum-. See that title? See what they did there? See! Clever! Whatever... |
Stuff stuffed in this section Without an 'M' - the 'what's the one with' IB book finder With an 'M' - those Culture ship names Raw Spirit - wee words on wee drams and the missing index Download Corner- various PDF goodies and links Click on the stuff subject and watch it appear below as if by magic |
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The paperbook |
The audiobook |
Perfect drams? Iain Banls on... |
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You like malt whisky. You live in and love Scotland. You're a writer. Your
publisher suggests a book based on travelling around Scotland visiting
distilleries. You are a lucky bar steward, Mr Banks! Raw Spirit is a great book for fans of Iain Banks as there's biographical bits and asides about the novels and characters. It's a good book for whisky lovers, albeit with fairly whimsical reportage (contrast to Andrew Jefford's 'Peat Smoke and Spirit' obsessive detail). It's also an interesting book for car lovers, especially Beemers and Landys, as Banksie speeds them through, and crashes into, the majestically described Scottish countryside. And, of course, it's done it's bit in upping the profile of Glenfiddich Gran Reserva. |
Enjoyed this - an unabridged
version narrated by Tom Cotcher (used to be a chunky Scots DC in The Bill).
Tom does get behind the text and inject some enthusiasm into the narration. Manages some lovely moments of frustration, incredulity and spitting anger. Particularly liked how he wraps his lips around the word 'Azshashoshz'. I hired a copy from my local library - I strongly suggest you try that approach as well.
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Glenfiddich Gran Reserva "Brilliantly different, complex, utterly assured whisky making of the first order" Laphroig Dalwhinnie "light, new-mown grass kind of smell to it... it's the dry herby notes that hold sway" Aberlour "One of the best Speysides you can buy; enormous - but not unbalancing - amounts of sherry, buckets of fruit, layers and weaves of spiciness, all of it silkily burnished" Talisker "exudes a lazy, pungent smoky peatiness backed up by a sudden landslide of flavours which wouldn't be out of place in a curry... a bit of a tube-clearer" Highland Park "Smoky, sweet and opulent, filled to bursting with spicy fruits and a long, hazily luxuriant and powerful finish"
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