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1982, Janine
Gray Alasdair
- Canongate (Faber)
- Canongate Classics
- by Introduction by Will Self
More Information
Publisher | Canongate (Faber) |
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ISBN | 9781786893963 |
Author(s) | Introduction by Will Self |
Publication date | February 2019 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 196 x 126 mm |
Pages | 352 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Exhibition | Canongate Classics |
Description
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.