num_pages: 352
description: 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 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.
language: English
title: 1982, Janine
publisher: CAPE. LONDON 1984