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PublisherWayne State University Press

ISBN-100814349579

ISBN-139780814349571

eBay Product ID (ePID)6057260712

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Edition2

Book TitleSpook Who Sat by the Door

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicCivil Rights, African American / Urban, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Fiction

AuthorSam Greenlee

Book SeriesAfrican American Life Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight7.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width7.8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-950196

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"Deadly"?Newsweek, Newsweek "Blends James Bond parody with wit and rage."?Time magazine, Time "An important, original, nitty-gritty book."?Dick Gregory, is an American comedian "The place names and people took me back home, but the scenes of police violence against protesters brings this book from a relic of the past into the very real present."?Jeff Waxman, Literary Hub "In my early 20s, a dusty used paperback changed the way I saw spy fiction. The Spook Who Sat by the Door, by Sam Greenlee, is a Black-power era spy novel. It was the first time I could enjoy a spy story without having to root for an agent of empire."?Aya de Leon, New York Times Review of Books, The place names and people took me back home, but the scenes of police violence against protesters brings this book from a relic of the past into the very real present.--Jeff Waxman "Literary Hub" (12/30/2019 12:00:00 AM)

Dewey Edition23/eng/20221014

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisAn explosive, award-winning novel in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a satire of the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black miltancy., 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., An explosive, award-winning novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a 50-year-young classic that provides commentary on the racial inequities in the US in the late 1960s - and today. 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., Continuously available in print since 1968, this novel has become embedded in progressive anti-racist culture with wide circulation of the book and hotly debated film and television adaptations. A classic in the Black literary tradition, the novel offers a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in the late 1960s., 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.

LC Classification NumberPS3557.R396S6 2022