The Good Terrorist (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Doris May Taylor
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Novel
- 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
Like many of the protagonists of the realistic novels which established Doris Lessing as a major novelist, Alice Mellings is a talented woman struggling to resolve the tensions between her personal and political commitments. Involved in a long-term but sexless relationship, Alice and her companion Jasper are charter members of a splinter Communist group occupying an old house in London as “squatters.” Eminently efficient, Alice sees to the practical details of communal living, while Jasper and several other commune residents pursue political fantasies that gravitate slowly toward...
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