The intuitionist /
Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
The intuitionist / Colson Whitehead; with an introduction with Colin Grant. - xxxiii, 231 pages ; 21 cm - Everyman's library 416 . - Everyman's library 416 .
A Borzoi book.
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.
9781841594163 (hbk.)
African American women--Fiction.
Elevators--Inspection--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
813.54 WHI / 023115
The intuitionist / Colson Whitehead; with an introduction with Colin Grant. - xxxiii, 231 pages ; 21 cm - Everyman's library 416 . - Everyman's library 416 .
A Borzoi book.
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.
9781841594163 (hbk.)
African American women--Fiction.
Elevators--Inspection--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
813.54 WHI / 023115