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Title	:	Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
Author	:	B.S. Johnson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 187 pages
Published	:	May 25th 2001 by Picador (first published 1973)
Categories	:	Fiction. European Literature. British Literature. Novels. Humor

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

B.S. Johnson

Paperback | Pages: 187 pages

Rating: 4.06 | 1299 Users | 139 Reviews

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Christie Malry is a simple man. His job in a bank puts him next to, but not in possession of, money. As a clerk he learns the principles of Double-Entry Bookkeeping and adapts them in his own dramatic fashion to settle his personal account with society.

Under the column headed 'Aggravation' for offences received from society (unpleasantness of Bank Manager; general diminution of life caused by advertising), debit Christie; under 'Recompense' for offences given back to society (general removal of items of stationery; Pork Pie Purveyors Ltd. bomb hoax), credit Christie. All accounts are to be settled in full, and they are - in the most alarming way.

B.S. Johnson was one of Britain's most original writers and Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry is his funniest book.

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Original Title:	Christie Malry's Own Double-entry
ISBN:	0330484826 (ISBN13: 9780330484824)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 4.06 From 1299 Users | 139 Reviews

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I've hit upon a lucky string of pretty excellent books lately, and this is another.Detailing the life of a petty clerk who begins to tally his accounts with society -- debits incurred by an assortment of modern inconveniences, frustrations, and injustices against his credits, beginning with minor vandalisms and quickly escalating -- this reads like a kind of darker Calvino, seemingly light-handed amusing post-modernism eliding into something much more cynical. As others have observed, this was

Sharply funny and insidiously postmodern. Johnson was ahead of his time in undercutting the narrative conventions by referring to his own authorship on almost every page. But his real intent is to suggest the system dooms us to inevitably be on the losing side of life. Even when Christie throws all conventional morality to the wind he cannot come out ahead. And when Johnson has just 'shown this', he nevertheless chides himself for writing about the battle instead of engaging in it himself.



To squares, among whom I would steadfastly not wish to count myself, CHRISTIE MALRY'S OWN DOUBLE-ENTRY might well be read as a cautionary tale about cataclysmic overreach, but to anarchists, among whom I guess I more or less temperamentally count myself, it will read as merely delightful. The anarchy begins (or ends, either/or) at the level of form - at the level of simply being a novel. The characters often expressly assert that they are indeed characters in a novel, and will even refer to past

Recently, I have read several books that have referenced, in one way or another, the works of B S Johnson. I decided I should do something about the fact that I havent read any of his books. My introduction to B S Johnson has come via the generosity of my GR friend Paul who has so far passed two of Johnsons books to me. So, lets start by thanking Paul.This novel was Johnsons final work, published shortly before his death by suicide in 1973. The book opens with an introduction by John Lanchester.

3.5 stars.There are some fantastic top community reviews of this book so why should I work hard? Perhaps I should debit them for depriving me of the opportunity...There are two ways of approaching this book:A) Siding with the underdogdon't we just love it? Down with the system, burn everything down, out with the oldour spleen gets a vicarious outlet identifying with Christie Malry. But who is this deluded malcontent? And does he have any alternative plans once the system is really down? At what

Extremely clever rendition of a bored accounts clerk who decides to square it with fate with his very own double entry reckoning by going postal worker : debit Christie Malry, credit the body count. The ratio seems to work out roughly to several hundred corpses for every time his boss shouts at him. Which is not to say that hes got double entry right here: what Ive retained from accountancy 101 makes me cringe at this blatant misuse of credit and debit (done deliberately I believe, as Johnson