Unfortunately, this book was kind of a mess. It never really got to the government takeover that the back blurb promised. It spent way too much time on the excessive side characters, most of whom got their own paragraph and then were promptly forgotten. It felt like Readus was trying to copy the style of thrillers of the time, but left out most of the meat of what would have made this story great. A group of Black American elites conspire to train an elite assassin and send him on kill missions that will propel a Black senator to become the president. Again, a great plot. The assassin himself, Adrian Baker, ex-military is sent to Algiers where he is broken down and then built up again by Chang, Soviet-trained Chinese scientist. He is then sent to DC and NYC in the guise of the Tanzanian ambassador. There he hooks up with a supermodel and carries out two hits. The story ends up focusing on Adrian and the girl who I guess sneak off and live happily ever after while the conspirators try again with a new assassin.
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Sounds interesting... Do you know the movie The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973)?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070726/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1
I don't think I did know they made a movie, but as I see you have discovered, it's based on the book, which is considered now a classic of African-American revolutionary literature. I'll add the movie to my list. Thanks!
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