Burning Down George Orwell’s House

In this highly anticipated, whisky-soaked debut novel from literary critic Andrew Ervin, a man flees the US rat race for the Scottish Isle of Jura, famed for its single malt and its role as George Orwell’s home as he wrote 1984.

A former high-powered Chicago ad executive leaves his job and his wife for the Scottish Isle of Jura. There he soul-searches and drowns himself in Scottish single malt, while finding himself in an increasingly dangerous feud with one of the locals. Also, there might be–but probably aren’t!–werewolves. The locals seem to believe in them, though, and the novel’s builds to the night of a traditional, boozy werewolf hunt.