{"product_id":"1982-janine-paperback","title":"1982, Janine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlasdair Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJock McLeish, failed husband, lover and businessman is alone in a hotel room, drinking whisky, fantasizing 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 humor, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 1981, when \u003ci\u003eLanark\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Canongate, Alasdair Gray has published a great number of books, most of them novels and short stories. In his own words, \"Alasdair Gray is a fat, spectacled, balding, increasingly old Glaswegian pedestrian who has mainly lived by writing and designing books, most of them fiction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165748760711,"sku":"9781786893963","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/81f6197365ea1b6b36dcb51f14c615ab.webp?v=1733315852","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/1982-janine-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}