Longhand

Malcolm George Galbraith is a large, somewhat clumsy, Scotsman. In it, Malcolm decides to start from the beginning and tell the whole story of his long life, something he's never dared do before.Because Malcolm isn't what he seems: he's had other names and lived in other places. He's being forced to leave the woman he loves behind and needs to explain why.So he leaves her a handwritten note on the kitchen table (well, more a 300-page letter than a note).

As it gathers pace, Malcolm's story combines tragedy, comedy, mystery, a touch of leprosy, several murders, a massacre, a ritual sacrifice, an insane tyrant, two great romances, a landslide, a fire, and a talking A lot of other places.