The Good Terrorist (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Doris May Taylor
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Alice Mellings, Jasper, Faye, Roberta, Pat, Bert, Philip, Jim, Mary, Reggie
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Social action, 1970’s, Class conflict, Communism or communists, Politics, Revolutionaries, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Suicide, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Revolutions, Protests or demonstrations, Emotions, Violence, Women’s issues, Working class, London, Conformity, Bombs, Terrorism or terrorists, Homemakers
- Locales: London, England
The Novel
The Good Terrorist focuses on the lives of a loosely knit group of vagabonds and would-be terrorists who share a commune in contemporary London. As the novel opens, the members of the group set out to make their newfound “squat” habitable and to keep it from demolition. Their first task is to restore the plumbing and to dispose of the many buckets of excrement which have accumulated in the eight months since the house was condemned and its lavatories were filled with cement. As the novel ends, several months later, the group has dispersed; those still left...
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