(Wala, he explains, means 'nothing' in Tagalog, and Kitu is Swahili for 'nothing.') He is an expert on nothing. The protagonist of Percival Everett's puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of mathematics who goes by Wala Kitu.

One of the few studies Rosemary doesn't quote says that spoilers actually enhance reading. We hope you enjoy it, and if, when you're telling a friend about it, you do decide to spill the beans about Fern - it's pretty hard to resist - don't worry. It's funny, clever, intimate, honest, analytical and swirling with ideas that will come back to bite you. So now she's telling her story: full of hilarious asides and brilliantly spiky lines, it's a looping narrative that begins towards the end, and then goes back to the beginning. And it was this decision, made by her parents, to give Rosemary a sister like no other, that began all of Rosemary's trouble. There's something unique about Rosemary's sister, Fern. Both are now gone - vanished from her life. Rosemary is now an only child, but she used to have a sister the same age as her, and an older brother. So we're not going to tell you too much either: you'll have to find out for yourselves, round about page 77, what it is that makes her unhappy family unlike any other. The Million Copy Best-SellerRosemary's young, just at college, and she's decided not to tell anyone a thing about her family. Summary Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy! We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Karen Joy Fowler We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog.

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