Episode 27: “Don’t Believe your Eyes,” or Colson Whitehead’s The Intuitionist, Part II

Whitehead’s neo-noir crashes to a climax, but does it stick the landing? In the end, the Dukes and Bagg wonder if the weight of the the author’s allegory overloads an elevator car laden with plot and character. The lads continue to marvel at Whitehead’s sentences, and sheer originality and ambition of this remarkable novel. 

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