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Shirley Anne Field
- Shirley Anne Field as Mary, the Mother of Christie
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Characters frequently mention in passing that they know that they are works of fiction, such as when Malry's mother says to him that she has been his mother for the purposes of the novel (27), or when Christie complains that the novel contains too many exclamation marks (166).
- B. S. Johnson
- 1973
Christie Malry is twenty-something male who lives in West London with his terminally ill mother and works in an office, a job he finds unfulfilling and so distracts himself from the boredom by having violent fantasies in which he threatens his manager with a shotgun.
Mar 12, 2016 · Christie’s mother talks to him in actual dialogue about her role in the novel. This role is nothing more than both as narrative and metafictional exposition. When that role is complete, she dies.
Jun 7, 2020 · ‘Christie,’ I warned him, ‘it doesn’t seem to me possible to take this novel much further. I’m sorry.’ ‘Don’t be sorry,’ said Christie in a kindly manner, ‘don’t be sorry. […] The writing of a long novel is in itself an anachronistic form: it was relevant only to a society and a set of social conditions which no longer ...
Dec 22, 2023 · Keeping working, Field played Nick Moran's mother in Paul Tickell's Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000) before turning up as Margaret in Moran's directorial outing, The Kid (2010), which starred Rupert Friend as bestselling author, Kevin Lewis.
Christie Malry's Own Double Entry is an underappreciated slice of metafictional revelry. Based on the novel by BS Johnson - a writer who committed suicide after saying "I shall be much more famous when I'm dead" - the narrative alternates between London at the turn of the millennium and Renaissance Milan.
Christie Malry is a simple man. He lives with his mother and works in a bank. He discovers the principles of Double Entry Book-Keeping, for every Debit there must be a Credit, and the picture becomes clear: Debit Christie for offence received, Credit society for offence given.
