Whitehead, Colson, 1969-,

The intuitionist / Colson Whitehead. - 255 pages ; 22 cm.

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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African Americans--Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.
Elevators--Inspection--Fiction.