The intuitionist

Colson Whitehead
Book - 1999

An elevator inspector becomes the center of controversy when an elevator crashes. The inspector, Lila Mae Watson, is a black woman who inspects by intuition, as opposed to visual observation, and now she must prove her method was not at fault. A study of society's attitude to technology and a debut in fiction.

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Main Author: Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Anchor Books, 1999.
Edition:1st Anchor books ed.
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