Title: The intuitionist
First published: 1999
Description: Who tampered with the elevator?

The mundane job of elevator inspection becomes a mysterious tale of intrigue. Whitehead weaves a beautiful narrative featuring an independent protagonist who elevates herself from the racism she faces in this noir mystery.
Subjects: Elevators, African Americans, Fiction, African American women, Inspection, Race relations, Clairvoyants, City and town life, Humorous stories, African americans, fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, alternative history, Fiction, african american & black, general, American literature