Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

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As Christie continues his accountancy studies and learns that debits must be cancelled out with credits he begins to ponder whether the same principles should apply to his actual life, wondering who will credit him for his mother’s cancer. He then starts a job at Tapper’s chocolate factory, where he meets Headlam, an eccentric co-worker whom he becomes friends with, and shortly afterwards hits upon the idea of using double-entry bookkeeping as a method of recording perceived wrongs made against him by society then cancelling them out by committing what he deems to be equivalent acts of revenge. Following the motto ‘for every debit there must be a credit’, he keeps detailed notes of such transactions in a ledger he carries with him, explaining his new system to his mother moments before she dies. JOHNSON Bryan Stanley William of 9 Dagmar Terr London N1 died 13 November 1973" in Wills and Administrations 1974 (England and Wales) (1975), p. 4861. Coe, Jonathan (2004). Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson. London: Picador. p.480. ISBN 033035048X. B) Being on the side of Authority— so uncool huh? But before people demand greater privileges, perhaps they should show greater merit/deservedness?

Luke Haines received a nomination for Best Music at the 2001 British Independent Film Awards, [14] and at the same ceremony the following year the film won the award for Most Effective Distribution Campaign [15] Differences Between Novel and Film [ edit ] Setting [ edit ] B.S. Johnson turned out to be an exception to the rule that British and experimental literature don't mix. Instead of being the obtuse and near-impossible to find a hole in the text to get inside and figure out exactly what the author is even attempting to do, Johnson made it quite easy to at least get engaged in the book. His writing was more akin to early John Barth or DFW than to someone like Ann Quinn, and his sense of humor moved in what could now be classified as standard meta-fiction antics.Johnson became depressed by his failure to succeed commercially and by mounting family problems. On 13 November 1973, aged 40, he took his own life by slitting his wrists [11] at 9, Dagmar Terrace, Islington N1. He left an estate valued at If the meta element reduces the fictional elements to cardboard proportions—it's not a 3D world; it also makes Malry's discontent petty & ridiculous.

a b Martin, Tim (28 February 2013). "B S Johnson: 'Britain's one-man literary avant-garde' ". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 4 May 2021.Towards the end of this book, Christie Malry, in conversation with the author, tells us that “novels should try to be funny, Brutalist, and short.” This book is certainly all three.