''A Sense of Place blends pin-sharp writing with evocative photography in a book to savour and treasure.'' - Ian Rankin
''Mr. Broom, who was born in Glasgow and has been writing about spirits for decades, is the perfect author for this beautiful, evocative book. He knows the whisky territory intimately and the people well, and he has the senses of wonder, empathy and history to tie them altogether, as well as the skill to conjure up the smell of the salt air, the sound of barley shimmering in the wind, the vibrations of hammers shaping copper into stills and the singe of the oak staves as a cooper bends them over fire...With beautiful photography by Christina Kernohan, this is the book to give any lover of single malt, along with a bottle of their favorite whisky.'' The Year''s Best Books on Wine (and Whisky), The New York Times
''Beautifully written and illustrated.'' Fiona Beckett, the Guardian
''This is an engaging, humane and important bo
