The prologue to this novel explains how a certain trait messes with one's sense of time so that “you're never quite on the beat.” A pamphlet by a “spiritual technologist” known for knob-toed shoes inspires the protagonist of this novel to follow his grandfather's advice and “overcome them with yeses.” An old man asks this novel’s protagonist for directions to Center Street before being told any train will take him to the Golden Day. The narrator of this novel’s prologue listens to (*) Louis [Lewis] Armstrong's “Black and (10[1])Blue” on five record players at once in a room (10[1])illuminated by 1,369 light (10[1])bulbs. This novel’s protagonist quits the Brotherhood during a riot led (10[1])by Ras the Exhorter. For 10 points, others refuse to see the narrator of what novel by Ralph Ellison? ■END■