Any Old Iron (novel)
First edition cover | |
| Author | Anthony Burgess |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Pisanello, "Il Torneo-battaglia di Louvezerp", 1436–1444 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hutchinson (UK), Random House (US) |
Publication date | 1989 |
| Publication place | London, United Kingdom New York, N.Y., United States |
| ISBN | 978-0-09-173842-6 |
| OCLC | 18780661 |
Any Old Iron[1] is a fantasy novel by British writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1989.[2]
Divided into six parts numbered in Welsh ("Un", "Dau", "Tri", "Pedwar", "Pump", "Chwech" and "Saith"), the novel revolves on a modern update of the Excalibur legend. Among the historical figures fictionalised in the novel are Chaim Weizmann, A. J. Cronin, Winston Churchill, Éamon de Valera, Anthony Eden and Joseph Stalin.
The action centres on the progress of a Welsh-Jewish family through the tumultuous first half of the 20th century and culminates in the birth of Israel.[3]
References
- ^ Anthony Burgess (1989). Any Old Iron. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0-09-173842-6. OCLC 18780661. The first American edition was published as Any Old Iron. New York, N.Y.: Random House. 1989. ISBN 978-0-394-57484-4. OCLC 18415629.
- ^ Campbell, Peter (18 May 1989). "Fictbites". London Review of Books. 11 (10): 16–17. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ Fromberg Schaeffer, Susan (26 February 1989). "Beware of Justice, Truth & Beauty". The New York Times: Section 7, Page 12. Retrieved 12 December 2012.