Any Old Iron (novel)

Any Old Iron

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

1. 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.
2. Campbell, Peter (18 May 1989). "Fictbites". London Review of Books. 11 (10): 16–17. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
3. Fromberg Schaeffer, Susan (26 February 1989). "Beware of Justice, Truth & Beauty". The New York Times: Section 7, Page 12. Retrieved 12 December 2012.