In the novel An Abundance of Katherines, the exposition begins by introducing Colin Singleton, a former child prodigy, who has just graduated from high school and only dates ladies named Katherine. He also has a proclivity for making up anagrams and achieved many trivia awards. After getting dumped for the nineteenth time, Colin’s best friend Hassan persuades him to go on a road trip with him that changes Colin’s life forever. Hassan Harbish is Colin Singleton Muslim best friend. Hassan is rather intelligent but chooses to shrug off his responsibilities in feigned respect for his religion. Along the way, Colin attempts to derive a theorem to explain and predict relationships, hoping to thereby protect himself against all future Katherines and
