 Lessing was inspired to write The Good Terrorist by the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) bombing of the Harrods department store in London in 1983 . She had been a member of the British Communist Party in the early 1950s , but later grew disillusioned with communism . Three reviewers labelled The Good Terrorist as a satire , while Lessing called it humorous . Some critics called the novel 's title an oxymoron , stating that it highlights Alice 's ambivalent nature , and that she is neither a good person , nor a good revolutionary . 
 Lessing was inspired to write The Good Terrorist by the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) bombing of the Harrods department store in London in 1983 . She had been a member of the British Communist Party in the early 1950s , but later grew disillusioned with communism . Three reviewers <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>labelled</mark></a> The Good Terrorist as a satire , while Lessing called it humorous . Some critics called the novel <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>title an oxymoron , stating that it <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>highlights</mark></a> Alice <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>ambivalent nature , and that she <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>neither a good person , nor a good revolutionary . 
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