The Spook Who Sat by the Door

The Spook Who Sat by the Door - African American Life

Paperback (01 May 1989)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A classic in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a comment on the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black militancy.

Dan Freeman, the ""spook who sat by the door,"" is enlisted in the CIA's elitist espionage program. Upon mastering agency tactics, however, he drops out to train young Chicago blacks as ""Freedom Fighters"" in this explosive, award-winning novel.

As a story of one man's reaction to ruling-class hypocrisy, the book is autobiographical and personal. As a tale of a man's reaction to oppression, it is universal.

Book information

ISBN: 9780814322468
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Imprint: Wayne State University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.54
Language: English
Number of pages: 248
Weight: 332g
Height: 140mm
Width: 208mm
Spine width: 21mm