Jock McLeish, failed husband, lover and businessman is alone in a hotel room, drinking whisky, fantasising about sex and contemplating suicide. As he tries to distance himself from reality, his lonely, alcohol-fuelled fantasies are interrupted by a flood of memories, reminding him of his own shortcomings. An unforgettably imaginative book, deeply experimental in its form and charged with a dark humour, 1982, Janine is a searing portrait of male need and inadequacy. Gray's exploration of politics, religion, powerlessness and pornography has lost none of its power to shock and entertain.
| ISBN: | 9781786893963 |
| Publication date: | 7th February 2019 |
| Author: | Alasdair Gray, Will Self |
| Publisher: | Canongate Canons an imprint of Canongate Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Series: | Canons |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |