(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. Surprising, sexy, and hilarious, Good Girl is a thoughtful and endearing portrait of a young woman unsure of what she’s supposed to want from a world where the rules keep changing. How to be true to herself, as chaotic as she believes herself to be how to be good to those around her how to survive as a young woman in the still messy media culture of 2015. When she discovers a teen magazine from the 1970s, it sparks her imagination and her life finally seems to come into focus but as she learns more about how women were treated behind the scenes, she has to decide what to do. She was always a good student, tries to be a good friend, a good citizen, a good feminist, and now she wants a lover who will give her a good beating, preferably after tying her up.ĭating swings from the sublime to the humiliating, but then Lucy hooks up with someone who challenges her to pursue the writing career she has been letting idle. Good Girl - Anna Fitzpatrick Anna Fitzpatrick Just about perfick.” -Time “A gently, anarchic, wish-fulfilling daydream.” -The Times (London) Now, if the Larkins and country living can charm Charlton, perhaps he will forget about every last pound they owe . . . But Charlton’s plans hit a snag when the eldest Larkin daughter, Mariette, takes a liking to him-and he to her. Cedric Charlton from Inland Revenue has come to inquire why the Larkins failed to file income tax for the previous year. All of that could change, however, when a stranger appears on their farm. While the family may not seem to have much, they more than make up for it in joyous spirit-and bountiful feasts. Pop works as a junk dealer and keeps the farm to feed his brood, while Ma cooks the meals and minds the children. Beneath the sunny, cloudless skies of Kent, the Larkin household-Pop, Ma, and their six children-enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Summary The rich spirit of an English junk dealer and his family is challenged by the arrival of the tax collector in this humorous and heartwarming classic.
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