The Good Terrorist

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The Good Terrorist is a 1985 novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing. The story examines the events in the life of a well-intentioned squatter, Alice, who is drawn into organizing acts of violence. An essay appended by the author examines the kind of culture and language of the setting. The lead character, the author tells us, is insane.

[edit] Bibliographic information

The title is currently in print (2008-03-17), published by HarperPerennial on 18 Jun 2007 ISBN 000-724721-4.

It was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape Ltd in 1985, ISBN 0-224-02323-3 and in the USA by Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0-394-54339-, also in 1985.

[edit] Recognition

The novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and received The W.H. Smith Literary Award (1985) and the Italian Mondello Prize (1985).

[edit] External links

• "The Good Terrorist" at author's website (includes summary of the plot)
• "Alice, the radical home-maker": Review by Denis Donoghue, Published in the New York Times: September 22, 1985 (Accessed 18 March 2008)
• "Mopping Up the Good Terrorist": Review by Paul Gray in Time magazine, 7 October 1985. (Accessed 18 March 2008)].