The Spook Who Sat by the Door - Couverture souple

Greenlee, Sam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0814322468 ISBN 13 : 9780814322468

Editeur : Wayne State University Press, 1989

Synopsis

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.

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 propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sam Greenlee (1930-2014) was a highly acclaimed, internationally known poet, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, producer, director, actor, and teacher. A former U.S. Information Agency Foreign Service officer, he is the author of Baghdad Blues and three collections of poetry.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wayne State University Press
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814322468
• ISBN 13: 9780814322468
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible