OLIDA PUBLISHING

''Whisky in the Jar' is an historical novel based on the illicit whisky distilling and smuggling activities that occurred around the eighteenth century on Loch Lomondside. Duncan Robertson is an heroic figure who finds himself ensnared in the conflict between the Highland people and the British military a generation after Culloden. It is also the story of the man who writes the novel. A man fighting his own battle against the mental oppression of agoraphobia, alcohol dependency and the threat of job loss. Where Duncan Robertson's weapons are the broadsword and the pistol, the author uses rock 'n' roll and eastern mysticism. These themes are as vibrantly interwoven as any Highland tartan, with richly colourful characters, romance, suspense and dry Scots humour. - (Literature and Fiction / History)

ISBN: 978-0-9558789-4-7

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In September, your copy will be signed by Alexander Tait and you will recieve a free poster..

''Ian Baillie, Lennox Herald – “I was completely knocked out by the historical ‘novel within a novel’…

…with seemingly practised ease the author cleverly ties up the various eras at the end and leaves the reader eager for more…

…for anyone who enjoys a gripping, well-written story.”

S.Y. Williamson, musician – “This is a superb first novel. Well-written and thoroughly researched, it combines the author’s semi-biographical search for a meaning to his life with a realistic historical vignette, set in the late 18th century… Thoroughly recommended.”