To celebrate World Whisky Day 2020, here's the first chapter of Whisky Galore, Compton MacKenzie's classic tale of wartime rationing, shipwreck and intoxication in the Hebrides. Read by members of the Birlinn team from their homes while on lockdown in May 2020.
You can find out more about the novel here: birlinn.co.uk/product/whisky-galore/
Sound effects credited to soundbible.com.