The Good Terrorist: A Thriller

Doris Lessing

ISBN 10: 0307389960 / ISBN 13: 9780307389961

Published by Random House USA Inc, 2008

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In contemporary London, a loose-knit group of political vagabonds drifts from one cause to the next, picketing and strategizing for hypothetical situations. But within this world, one particular small commune is moving inexorably toward active terrorism. At its center is Alice Mellings, a brilliant organizer who knows how to cope with almost anything, except the vacuum of her own life. Always reliable, she makes herself indispensable to the commune, earning a precious sense of belonging by denying her own sense of self. But now, suddenly, the stakes are rising. Some in the group appear to have ties to insurgents in Northern Ireland and even to Soviets who are recruiting. A small bomb set off on a deserted street leads to ideas that are dangerously ambitious, and there is a professional who is eager to meet with Alice and discuss her future with his organization.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Good Terrorist: A Thriller
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307389960
• ISBN 13: 9780307389961
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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. As Alice struggles to bridge her ideology and her bourgeois upbringing, her companions encounter unexpected challenges in their quest to incite social change against complacency and capitalism. With a nuanced sense of the intersections between the personal and the political, Nobel laureate Doris Lessing creates in The Good Terrorist a compelling portrait of domesticity and rebellion.

About the Author

Doris Lessing was born of British parents in Persia, in 1919, and moved with her family to Southern Rhodesia when she was five years old. She went to England in 1949 and has lived there ever since. She is the author of more than thirty books—novels, stories, reportage, poems, and plays. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.