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1982, Janine

(Canongate Classics)

By Alasdair Gray

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| Paperback | 9781841953465

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1982, Janine is a liberal novel of the most satisfying kind. Set over the course of one night inside the head of Jock McLeish, an aging, divorced, alcoholic, insomniac supervisor of security installations, as he tipples in the bedroom of a small Scottish hotel, it makes an unanswerable case that repContinue

1982, Janine is a liberal novel of the most satisfying kind. Set over the course of one night inside the head of Jock McLeish, an aging, divorced, alcoholic, insomniac supervisor of security installations, as he tipples in the bedroom of a small Scottish hotel, it makes an unanswerable case that republicanism is a state of absolute spiritual bankruptcy. For Jock McLeish, being a Republican is something he has to cure himself of, every bit as much as his alcoholism and his Sado-Masochistic fantasizing, if he is to become a human being again. 1982, Janine explores themes of male need and inadequacy through the lonely, darkly comic, alcohol-fueled fantasies of its protagonist. An unforgettably challenging book about power and powerlessness, men and women, masters and servants, small countries and big countries, Alasdair Gray's exploration of the politics of pornography has lost none of its power to shock.

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  • 1982 Janine' by Alasdair Gray reviewed on the official website of Laura Hird

    This is not a new book from Alasdair Gray but a re-issue from his publisher, Canongate. ‘1982, Janine’, is his second novel, following his sprawling half-fantasy epic,’Lanark’ and was first published in 1984. It is unlike anything I’ve ever read and ... (read full critics)

    laurahird published on Fri, 10 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 352 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 1841953466
  • ISBN-13: 9781841953465
  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • Pub date: Jun 01, 2003
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
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