Book News: Sam Greenlee, Author Of 'The Spook Who Sat by the Door,' Dies
Submitted by Bibliofuture on May 22, 2014 - 8:34am
Sam Greenlee, a novelist and poet who was one of the first black Americans go to abroad with the Foreign Service, died Monday, according to The Associated Press. He was 83. In his most famous book, 1969's The Spook Who Sat by the Door, a disillusioned black CIA officer quits his job and begins training street gangs as "Freedom Fighters" to overthrow the government.

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Book: The Spook Who Sat By the Door
Book by another publisher: The Spook Who Sat by the Door (African American Life Series) by Greenlee, Sam published by Wayne State University Press (1989)
Wikipedia entry about film
Wikipedia entry about film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spook_Who_Sat_by_the_Door_(film)
Movie is on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BynXfREPG8
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