About “The Iron Man”
The Iron Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights is a 1968 science fiction novel by Ted Hughes, who later became British Poet Laureate. Published by Faber and Faber, it includes illustrations by George Adamson. The story follows a giant metal man who arrives in England and destroys industrial farm equipment. He befriends a boy and helps defend the world from a space dragon. The novel is sometimes called a modern fairy tale. Hughes wrote a sequel, The Iron Woman in 1993, which focuses on environmental themes related to pollution. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1968
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