This book is not quite ordinary. As the Independent on Sunday columnist aptly notes, it is “a mix of travelogues, an essay on morals and a drinking guide.” However, no one can say better than Banks about his book: “This book is dedicated to single malt whiskey, the art of its making and the joys of drinking it. But it tells not only about whiskey, because man is a social being and usually drinks with family, friends or acquaintances. And even if alone, then in the company of memories and ghosts of the past. This book is also about my beloved land and country, Scotland, its people, its cities and towns, towns and villages, and the nature that surrounds them. It is a journey in search of the perfect whiskey, undertaken with the full knowledge that the product you are looking for most likely does not exist. It’s okay, because in any search the process itself is important.”

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