The Intuitionist

Just finished The Intuitionist and I suggest you add it to your list of to-reads. I pulled it off the shelf because I was in need of some lighter reading than the Lefebvre and Baudrillard I'm reading for class; it was lighter, in a way -- it was funny at times -- but it was still pretty serious. Though the setting is obviously New York in what seems to be the mid-twentieth century, neither is stated explicitly (pay phone calls cost a dime and there are racist minstrel shows). I read this as an assertion that the existence of racism transcends time. This marks the second book by Colson Whitehead that I've read this year; I also listen to his Colossus of New York recording often.