Alice and Jasper, in their forties, who have lived the marginal life of small political groups, end up in the late 1960s in an occupied house.
There, Alice, a veteran of occupations and communes, will organize the group living in the house, about a dozen diverse individuals. Together, they decide to offer their services to the IRA, but in the neighboring house lives the mysterious companion Andrew, who tries to recruit them into the KGB. Terrorists in search of terrorism that constantly eludes them, they will eventually place a bomb resulting in the death of several people.
What impact will this have on the balance and future of the group?
"Excellent pages for the frenzy and ecstasy of political participation... A dramatic anthropological illustration of terrorism." (La Republica)
"The Good Terrorist presents common urban values with agility, indignation, and narrative skill, leaving few left-wing taboos untouched... A thriller written like a comedy of morals." (Sunday Times)