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Like everything in the garden is dying, thats what time of year it is. Whiteheads often humorous novel about elevator inspectors is also a serious examination of textual authority in relation to issues of race, identity. Discussion of themes and motifs in colson whitehead s the intuitionist. His other worls include the noble hustle, zone one, sag harbor, the intuitionist, john henry days, apex hides the hurt, and one collection of essays, the colos. Colson whitehead born november 6, 1969 is an american novelist.
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