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‘In “The Good Terrorist” we are in the world of the subsidized sub-culture of the Marxist groupuscules of contemporary Britain…Lessing has a wit, an indignation and a narrative agility which leave few left-wing sacred cows unscathed…hugely enjoyable.’ Sunday Times
‘Doris Lessing writes about the parts other novelists cannot reach. This is a totally absorbing, subtly observed, complicated and stimulating novel.’ Observer
‘“The Good Terrorist” is a work of acute intelligence, incisive and compelling…it shows Doris Lessing at her mature best.’ Listener
Praise for Doris Lessing:
‘Doris Lessing has changed the way we think about the world.’ Blake Morrison
‘Thank goodness for Doris Lessing. While the rest of us flounder about noisily in the muddy waters of life, she never fails to expose with startling clarity the essential folly of our dreams and good intentions.’ Kate Chisholm, Evening Standard
‘She’s up there in the pantheon with Balzac and George Eliot. We’re lucky she’s still writing.’ Lisa Appignanesi, Independent
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A hugely significant political novel for the late twentieth-century from one of the outstanding writers of the modern era and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Fiction 2007.
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 naïve 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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Although the central character is organised and is devoted to improving the living conditions of her squat-mates, Alice is not always likeable or sympathetic. She is extremist in her views and is suspicious of anything or anyone who is part of the mainstream society she and her comrades have opted to drop out of. After first reading the book, I thought it was going to be a one-sided attack on extreme left political groups, particularly as many of the characters are selfish, irresponsible and work-shy who only seem to live when revelling in conflict and battles with authority. But after witnessing brutality, bureaucracy, the waste of potential and sheer ugliness of their surroundings, you can all but sympathise with their tragic plight.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Good Terrorist and I really wanted the book to continue so I could find out more about the characters after they left the squat. Perhaps Doris Lessing could write a sequel about what happened sixteen years later?
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