Christie Malry’s Own Double-entry
Christie Malry’s Own Double-entry by Bryan Stanley Johnson is a novel published by Pan Macmillan in 2001, featuring 180 pages in English. This edition includes an introduction by John Lanchester and presents the story of Christie Malry, a young accounts clerk at a confectionery factory in London. As he learns the principles of Double-Entry Bookkeeping, Christie becomes frustrated with the injustices he faces from authority figures and devises a unique method to address his grievances through a system of moral bookkeeping.
Readers will find that the narrative explores themes of psychological conflict and societal critique as Christie applies his bookkeeping principles to settle accounts with the world around him. The novel delves into the absurdities of life and authority, showcasing Christie’s alarming methods of recompense for each societal offense he encounters. This New Ed edition invites readers to engage with Johnson’s avant-garde approach to storytelling and his distinctive voice within the realm of fiction.
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With an introduction by John Lanchester
In his heyday, during the 1960s and early 1970s, B. S. Johnson was one of the best-known novelists in Britain. A passionate advocate for the avant-garde, he became famous for his forthright views on the future of the novel and for his unique ways of putting them into practice. Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry, the last novel to be published in his lifetime, is his funniest.
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.
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