Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B S Johnson

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B S Johnson

Christie Malry is a simple man. As a young accounts clerk at a confectionery factory in London he learns the principles of Double-Entry Bookkeeping. Frustrated by the petty injustices that beset his life – particularly those caused by the behaviour of authority figures – he determines a unique way to settle his grievances: a system of moral double-entry bookkeeping. So, for every offence society commits against him, Christie exacts recompense. ‘Every Debit must have its Credit, the First Golden Rule’ of the system. All accounts are to be settled, and they are – in the most alarming way. Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry, the last novel to be published in B S Johnson's lifetime, is undoubtedly his funniest.

Delightful to read, highly amusing, and clever -- Daily Telegraph
Johnson has undoubtedly written a masterpiece -- Auberon Waugh
The most accessible, exuberant and despairing of all his works -- John Lanchester

In his heyday, during the 1960s and early 1970s, B. S. Johnson was one of the best-known novelists in Britain. His work includes Travelling People, Albert Angelo and House Mother Normal. A passionate advocate for the avant-garde in both literature and film, he became famous for his forthright views on the future of the novel and for his idiosyncratic ways of putting them into practice.

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ISBN 13	9781447200352
ISBN 10	1447200357
Title	Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
Author	B S Johnson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2013-02-14
Number of pages	192
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