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In The Good Terrorist, Doris Lessing follows a band of bourgeois young revolutionaries who have taken up residence in a London squat. United by a shared contempt for the wastefulness and cruelty they witness in their urban surroundings, they form a tight knit group that grapples with the contradictions of their own class and the broader social order. Their interactions highlight the tension between personal disillusionment and collective resistance, offering a critique of contemporary urban life and the limits of radical activism.
First publish date: 1985
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Doris Lessing
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