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The good terrorist

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A hugely significant political novel for the late twentieth-century from one of the outstanding writers of the modern era. In a London squat a band of bourgeois revolutionaries are united by a loathing of the waste and cruelty they see around them.

These maladjusted malcontents try desperately to become involved in terrorist activities far beyond their level of competence.

Only Alice seems capable of organising anything. Motherly, practical and determined, she is also easily exploited by the group and ideal fodder for a more dangerous and potent cause.

Eventually their naive radical fantasies turn into a chaos of real destruction, but the aftermath is not as exciting as they had hoped.

Nonetheless, while they may not have changed the world, their lives will never be the same again!

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HarperPerennial
0007247214 / 9780007247219
Paperback
823.914
18/06/2007
United Kingdom
English
Contemporary classics
397 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: Cape, 1985.
A hugely significant political novel for the late twentieth-century from one of the outstanding writers of the modern era. / A fantastic reissue of a timeless classic from bestselling author Doris Lessing. / 'The Good Terrorist' tells the startling tale of a band of bourgeois revolutionaries and how their good intentions take a terribly tragic wrong turn. / Doris Lessing is acknowledged to be one of the greatest writers of our times, by readers, critics and booksellers the world over. / 'The Good Terrorist' has sold over 81,000 copies in the UK to date. / Will be beautifully rejacketed to appe
A hugely significant political novel for the late twentieth-century from one of the outstanding writers of the modern era. / A fantastic reissue of a timeless classic from bestselling author Doris Lessing. / 'The Good Terrorist' tells the startling tale of a band of bourgeois revolutionaries and how their good intentions take a terribly tragic wrong turn. / Doris Lessing is acknowledged to be one of the greatest writers of our times, by readers, critics and booksellers the world over. / 'The Good Terrorist' has sold over 81,000 copies in the UK to date. / Will be beautifully rejacketed to appe FA Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)