num_pages: 187
description: 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.
language: English
title: Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
titlecomplete: Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
genres: 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Crime, Literature, Classics, British Literature, Mystery, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 1650
places: England
publisher: Picador