The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Sam Greenlee
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
4.36
· 14 ratings · 256 pages · Published: 1969
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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