Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
paperback
Published:
14 February, 2013
Description
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.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781447200352 |
| ISBN10 | 1447200357 |
| Number Of Pages | 192 |
| Item Weight | 140 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 197 x 12 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
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
GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
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.