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Colin Singleton is a child prodigy who could read at the age of two who also lacks some

social skills. He loves reading, anagramming, and learning new languages. Looking

past that, he somehow has had a plethora of girlfriends. Nineteen to be exact- as Colin

always is. The one slightly creepy obsessive part is that they are all named Katherine.

“When it comes to girls (and in Colin's case, it so often did), everyone has a type. Colin

Singleton's type was not physical but linguistic: he liked Katherines. And not Katies or

Kats or Kitties or Cathys or Rynns or Trinas or Kays or Kates or, God forbid,

Catherines. K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E. He had dated nineteen girls. All of them had been named

Katherine. And all of them—every single solitary one—had dumped him.” (Green 15)

He is now a mess after his last breakup with Katherine XIX. His

best friend Hassan tries to get Katherine off of Colin’s mind by

taking him on a road trip.

"A road trip" "To where?" "And why?" -Colin

"No offense, Mrs. Singleton, but you're sort of

missing the point. There is no where or why." -

Hassan (Green 12)

He also does this with the intention to waste more time and hopefully not

have to sign up for college. Hassan has no motivation to do anything more

than sit around and watch T.V. So, they head off on their trip to try and make

Colin forget about his troubles. Colin however, is still being himself. While

they meet people along their trip, his true colors are shown and Hassan is the

only person who understands Colin.

"I mean, my boy over here is clearly the Primary Colin. There's no one

like him. Colin, say 'unique' in as many languages as you can." Colin

brought them forth quickly. This was a word he knew. "Um, único,

unico, einzigartig, unique, уникáљнњiй, µoυακός, singularis, farid."

Hassan was good at his job, no doubt—Colin felt a rush of affection

toward him, and the recitation of the words caused something to wash

over the omnipresent hole in his gut. (8.45)

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