An edition of Spook Who Sat by Door
(1969)
The Spook Who Sat By the Door
by Sam Greenlee, Sam Greenlee, and Natiki Hope Pressley
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The CIA's first black officer uses his training in organizing an army made up of gang members to destroy the white power structure in America.
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African American men, Fiction, Fiction, general, African Americans, Riots, Race relations, United States. Central Intelligence AgencyPlaces
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The Spook Who Sat By the Door
April 1, 2002, Lushena Books
Paperback
in English
1930097271 9781930097278
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The spook who sat by the door: a novel
1990, Wayne State University Press
in English
0814322468 9780814322468
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Book Details
First Sentence
"Today the computers would tell Senator Gilbert Hennington about his impending campaign for re-election."
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A political thriller set in 1970s' Chicago, about the first African American recruited to a deskjob by the CIA as a token of their commitment to integration, who ultimately uses the guerrilla tactics he has learned to train young black men in the inner city to become "freedom fighters".
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| August 13, 2024 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
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| April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
| April 30, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record |