06/2008 DAVID DAICHES, SCOTCH WHISKY: ITS PAST AND PRESENT (LONDON: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1969) Usually, we review only new books. Here, though, we have reason for an exception. Daiches (1912-2005) was an interesting character --- a Jewish Scotsman who was, as the New York Times described, a "prolific literary biographer, historian, essayist, critic and poet, he was a former director of the Institute [in AlcoholReviews.com ] ...
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