I like Jack London as a writer. He has a no-nonsense style of writing that is very refreshing, and can even be very attractive when you're reading a story of his. But it couldn't bring me around to liking The Iron Heel enough.

Don't get me wrong, it was a good book. It just wasn't a great book. Or even a really good one. It was just simply good, and almost entirely because of London's style of writing. The Iron Heel suffered from a problem where it would occasionally shift from "story about a Socialist revolution in the United States" to "Socialist manifesto," and that tended to become rather grating after the first couple pages of it. I was impressed with much of London's prediction abilities (based on my knowledge of the Twentieth Century), but that was not enough to carry the book, sadly.

It's worth a read if you're a London fan, but I suspect it's going to be fairly forgettable as far as books are concerned.