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Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee (1989, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWayne State University Press
ISBN-100814322468
ISBN-139780814322468
eBay Product ID (ePID)264912
Product Key Features
Book TitleSpook Who Sat by the Door
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCivil Rights, General, African American / Urban, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year1989
FeaturesReprint
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Fiction
AuthorSam Greenlee
Book SeriesAfrican American Life Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN89-040227
Dewey Edition23/eng/20221014
ReviewsThe 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.
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Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionReprint
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., 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. A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in the late 1960s. With its focus on the "militancy" that characterized the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, this is the story of one man's reaction to ruling-class hypocrisy in ways that make the novel autobiographical and personal. As a tale of a reaction to the forces of oppression, this book is universal. 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 Black Chicagoans to combat racism as "Freedom Fighters" in this explosive novel., 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 1990
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- 27 Aug, 2024
Great nothing more to said but great.
Awesome great reading I just cannot seen to put it down.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Jul, 2021
Great read
Page turner.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
