num_pages: 256
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Spook Who Sat by the Door
titlecomplete: The Spook Who Sat by the Door
genres: Fiction, Politics, Mystery, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Espionage, Literary Fiction, Race, African American
ratings_count: 2565
series: African American Life
publisher: Wayne State University Press