{"product_id":"the-iron-heel-4","title":"The Iron Heel","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eThe novel that foresaw America under a corporate oligarchy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e. Chillingly prophetic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eJack London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e’s boldest \u0026amp; most enduring novel follows radical orator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eErnest Everhard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eand his partner Avis in their clash with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eOligarchy,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e a regime whose boot gives the classic its name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThis new Time Warp Editions includes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; color: #0f1111; padding: 0px; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eDetailed, scholarly introduction mapping the Iron Heel's mechanisms of oppression to events in the United States. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eRequired reading for observers of domestic political economy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e16 original illustrations as an artistic complement to critical themes and pivotal scenes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eStory timeline, extensive author bio and reading-group discussion questions included\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFramed as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003efound manuscript \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eof Avis Everhard, edited centuries later by scholar Anthony Meredith, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThe Iron Heel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003emoves from intimate debates to an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eexplosive showdown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e in the Chicago Commune. Readers return to this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eAmerican classic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e for its uncanny accuracy about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eplutocracy, union-busting, propaganda, and censorship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, and for a narrative device that expands the world-building with every footnote from the future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eEssential dystopian reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e A landmark precursor to Orwell, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThe Iron Heel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e belongs alongside \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003e1984, Brave New World, We, and It Can’t Happen Here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e. A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003egripping political thriller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ethat rewards readers who persist through early philosophical oration to provide uncanny prescience about the most important civic debates of the day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eHighly relevant to 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; color: #0f1111; padding: 0px; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eEerily predicts: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eplutocracy, propaganda, and censorship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eInventive form:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e a found manuscript with footnotes “from the future”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eComparables: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e1984, Brave New World, We, It Can’t Happen Here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style: disc; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eGreat for book clubs and classrooms:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e sparks debate on power, media, and civic courage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Time Warp Editions","offers":[{"title":"Case Bound - PPC","offer_id":50585660883248,"sku":"9798895911686","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-iron-heel-4","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}