espite having published many fictions in the novel or novella forms, in addition to numerous collections of short stories, poetry and plays, Alasdair Gray's critical reputation still rests primarily on the 'big 3' of Lanark, 1982 Janine, and Poor Things.

The following pages review each of these novels in turn, with particular accent being placed on the opposition of fantasy and reality in the texts.

These reviews are abridged versions of chapters from an undergraduate dissertation available to view here.