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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Contributor(s): Greenlee, Sam (Author)

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 ISBN: 0814322468     ISBN-13: 9780814322468
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
OUR PRICE: $23.09  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 1989
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Annotation: This book is both a satire of the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 60s and a serious attempt to focuses on the issue of black militancy.

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - African American
- Biography & Autobiography
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 89040227
Series: African American Life
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" L (0.65 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 1960's
 
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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.
 
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