{"product_id":"the-intuitionist-introduction-by-colin-grant-9781101908372","title":"The Intuitionist: Introduction by Colin Grant","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 25th anniversary hardcover edition of the debut novel by the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad \u003c\/i\u003ethat wowed critics and readers and marked the emergence of an important American writer. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is a time of crisis in a major metropolitan city's Department of Elevator Inspectors, and Lila Mae Watson, the first black female elevator inspector in the history of the department, is at the center of it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are two warring factions in the department: the Empiricists, who rely on tests and measurements; and the Intuitionists, who can intuit any defects merely by entering an elevator cab. Lila Mae is an Intuitionist, with the highest accuracy rate in the department. But when an elevator goes into freefall on her watch, chaos ensues. It's an election year, and the good-old-boy Empiricists would love nothing more than to blame an Intuitionist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, startling excerpts from the lost notebooks of Intuitionism's founder, James Fulton, surface, describing Fulton's work on the \"black box,\" a perfect elevator that could reinvent the modern city. When Lila Mae goes underground to investigate the crash, she is drawn into the search for the missing notebooks and uncovers a secret that will change her life forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for Colson Whitehead's new novel, \u003ci\u003eCrook Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOLSON WHITEHEAD is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction, and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for \u003ci\u003eThe Nickel Boys\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad, \u003c\/i\u003e which also won the National Book Award. A recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer\u003c\/b\u003e COLIN GRANT is the author of six acclaimed books: \u003ci\u003eNegro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Mystics Marley, Tosh and Wailer, Bageye at the Whee\u003c\/i\u003el, \u003ci\u003eA Smell of Burning\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHomecoming\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Director of Writers Mosaic. He teaches creative non-fiction writing at Oxford University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alfred A. Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615374577938,"sku":"9781101908372","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7bc6782f-25c4-4386-9c70-5fd247af3fad.jpg?v=1732484023","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-intuitionist-introduction-by-colin-grant-9781101908372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}