The Good Terrorist (Vintage International)

One of my all-time favs. Doris Lessing at her cutting best. Great read. Think I'll dig it out and read it again! Really good book - makes you think about the fringes of society. Love Lessing!

I know all of the characters and just failed to see the suspense. I found the characters terribly predictable. Perhaps for people not involved in social justice/street activist movements, the characters are.. hmmm.. novel? Compelling? I just couldn't figure out who the "good terrorist" was supposed to be. I loved, however, at the end of days, how terrifically nationalistic our...more

I know all of the characters and just failed to see the suspense. I found the characters terribly predictable. Perhaps for people not involved in social justice/street activist movements, the characters are.. hmmm.. novel? Compelling? I just couldn't figure out who the "good terrorist" was supposed to be. I loved, however, at the end of days, how terrifically nationalistic our protagonist was.   hide

Quite easily read. Quite nice.

Very ggod book. Leving you with a lot of questions on youth and grand ideas - but where is the limit on these?

A very interesting book and, as far as we know, highly realistic (which is quite unfortunate, really, and a minor shock to everybody who, like me, used to believe that the world according to the revolutionary left would be a paradise of liberte and egalite, not to mention fraternite). Loved the book, although I cannot say I felt sympathy or even empathy for any of its characters, who...more

A very interesting book and, as far as we know, highly realistic (which is quite unfortunate, really, and a minor shock to everybody who, like me, used to believe that the world according to the revolutionary left would be a paradise of liberte and egalite, not to mention fraternite). Loved the book, although I cannot say I felt sympathy or even empathy for any of its characters, who share between them a great deal of the faults of human nature (controlling, selfish to the point of self-absorption, idle, incompetent, misguided and mostly plainly stupid creatures). It reinforced my conviction that no human being and therefore no human society can ever escape human nature. What I found particularly interesting is how Lessing’s narrative, the description of life in the squat in, sometimes, minute detail, conveys to the reader a perfect sense of the relations of power developed among the squat members. It is also very interesting to read that a member of the Brigade Rosse who wrote to or spoke with Lessing told her that this is more or less how it started for them… It makes you wonder…   hide

A facinating insight into a world I know nothing of. Is it true? It makes it seem like Alice is just unstable and slightly crazy. But surely people have to be accountable. I guess one can start off niave and unorganized and progress into a serious threat to society. There is a lot of people way over there heads in this world of ours. Scary thought.

Brilliant

genial!!! Alice es una de las heroinas de mi vida

My second favourite book of all time.