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The Good Terrorist is a 1985 political novel written by the British novelist Doris Lessing. The book's protagonist is the naïve drifter Alice, who squats with a group of radicals in London and is drawn into their terrorist activities.
Jan 1, 2001 · The Good Terrorist. Doris Lessing. 3.68. 4,207 ratings389 reviews. The Good Terrorist follows Alice Mellings, a woman who transforms her home into a headquarters for a group of radicals who plan to join the IRA.
May 3, 2023 · The Good Terrorist was published in 1985, at a time when the political landscape in both the UK and abroad was turbulent. The IRA was an active threat and the Soviet Union was crumbling, while Margaret Thatcher led the UK government.
Mar 26, 2019 · The Good Terrorist: Directed by Robert Oey. For the very first time, convicted Dutch Muslim terrorists speak out on camera in Robert Oey's The Good Terrorist. A captivating search for answers, to some of the most relevant questions of our time.
The Good Terrorist focuses on the lives of a loosely knit group of vagabonds and would-be terrorists who share a commune in contemporary London. As the...
May 3, 2023 · Radical ideology struggles against a bourgeois upbringing as a conscience rebels in Doris Lessing’s compelling revolutionary satire. Doris Lessing’s novel The Good Terrorist follows a group of radicals and a woman who is drawn into their terrorist activities. Read the opening pages here.
May 3, 2023 · In 1985, Doris Lessing was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her compelling contemporary satire about the contradictions and self-delusion at the heart of political idealism. Set in 1980s London, a loose-knit group of political vagabonds form an ill-defined and volatile underground.
