The Good Terrorist ~ Doris Lessing

The Good Terrorist ~ Doris Lessing

Medium hard cover with dust jacket
Excellent condition
1985 reprint

In The Good Terrorist, Nobel laureate Doris Lessing delivers a provocative satire on political idealism and personal delusion. Through the eyes of Alice Mellingsa woman who sees herself as a revolutionary but behaves more like a homemakerLessing explores the contradictions of radical activism, the fragility of identity, and the unsettling ease with which ordinary people can drift into extremism.

Alice Mellings, a 36-year-old political idealist, moves into a derelict London squat with a group of self-proclaimed revolutionaries. Raised in a bourgeois household she now scorns, Alice becomes the maternal figure of the communeorganizing, cooking, and negotiating with authoritieswhile her comrades flounder in ideological confusion. As the groups ambitions shift from protest to terrorism, Alices nurturing instincts clash with the violent path they begin to tread. Lessings portrayal of Alice is both empathetic and unsettling, revealing how personal insecurities and misplaced loyalty can lead to dangerous consequences. The novel is a darkly humorous and psychologically rich exploration of the blurred lines between care and control, idealism and delusion.