Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

<p>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 <i>moral</i> double-entry bookkeeping. So, for every offence society commits against him, Christie exacts recompense. ‘<i>Every Debit must have its Credit, the First Golden Rule</i>’ of the system. All accounts are to be settled, and they are – in the most alarming way.<br><br><i>Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry</i>, the last novel to be published in B S Johnson's lifetime, is undoubtedly his funniest.</p>