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Reading guide: The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
Explore Doris Lessing’s 1985 Booker Prize-shortlisted novel through our comprehensive reading guide, which includes questions and discussion points
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Book of the Month: The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
In 1985, Doris Lessing was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her compelling contemporary satire. Find out more about the novel here.
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Win a copy of The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing – and a Booker Prize tote bag
Win one of five bundles including a copy of our May Book of the Month, The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag
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Doris Lessing's The Good Terrorist skewers the psychology of idealism and its contradictions
Doris Lessing’s caustic satire, The Good Terrorist still reads as a bracing antidote to political righteousnes. Here, John Mullen discussed the novel’s impact.
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32 books that have inspired the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlistees
We asked each of the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlisted authors and translators which works of fiction have inspired them and their careers the most.
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Ladivine by Marie NDiaye: a haunting portrayal of the power of family secrets
Lucy Scholes takes a closer look at Ladivine, an unsettling masterpiece from the precociously talented French writer Marie NDiaye, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize
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An extract from The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing’s novel The Good Terrorist follows a group of radicals and a woman who is drawn into their terrorist activities. Read the opening pages here
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Read our interviews with the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlistees
We asked the authors and translators shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize how it feels to be nominated and why we should celebrate translated fiction
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Discover our reading guides for the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlist
Discover our reading guides for the shortlisted books and novels on the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlist, packed with insights and discussion points
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Reading guide: The Gospel According to The New Word by Maryse Condé, translated by Richard Philcox
Discover our reading guide for The Gospel According to the New World, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, a retelling of the story of Christ