Roddy MacIver reads from Raymond Chandler's classic crime thriller The Long Goodbye, and in Roddy's opinion, the best opening of a book ever written. Roddy also selects Dìomhanas by Finlay MacLeod, as a collection of beautifully and keenly observed short stories. Mairi Bremner takes us on a Long Walk to Freedom with Nelson Mandela's compelling autobiography and reads from The Robe, a novel rich with adventure, faith and romance by Lloyd C Douglas.