1982, Janine (Canongate Classics) by Alasdair Gray. Lanark 1982: an unofficial Alasdair Gray website. '1982 Janine' by Alasdair Gray reviewed on the official website. 1982, Janine. 1982, Janine is a novel by the Scottish author Alasdair Gray.
His second, it was published in 1984, and remains his most controversial work. Its use of pornography as a narrative device attracted much criticism, although others, including Gray himself, consider it his best work. Plot summary[edit] The novel is narrated by Jock McLeish, a supervisor of the installation of alarm systems. Divorced, alcoholic and approaching fifty, his problems coalesce in a long night of the soul in a hotel room in Greenock.