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Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

by B. S. Johnson · first published 1973

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (1973) is the penultimate novel by the late British avant-garde novelist B. S. Johnson and the last to be published in his lifetime, Johnson committing suicide in the year of the book's release. It is the metafictional account of a disaffected young man, Christie Malry, who applies the principles of double-entry bookkeeping to his own life, "crediting" himself against society in an increasingly violent manner for perceived "debits", with his methods ranging from acts of vandalism to terrorist attacks leading to the deaths of thousands of innocent people. Considered to be the most accessible of Johnson's works, the novel received praise at the time of publication from writers such as Auberon Waugh, with critics commenting positively on the humour in the work, although some attacked the experimental nature of the novel. In 2000, the novel was adaptated into a film of the same name.

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