{"product_id":"an-ice-cream-war-paperback","title":"An Ice-Cream War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rich in character and incident, \u003cb\u003eAn Ice-Cream War\u003c\/b\u003e fulfills the ambition of the historical novel at its best.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBooker Prize Finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Boyd has more than fulfilled the bright promise of  his] first novel. . . . He is capable not only of some very funny satire but also of seriousness and compassion.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1914. In a hotel room in German East Africa, American farmer Walter Smith dreams of Theodore Roosevelt. As he sleeps, a railway passenger swats at flies, regretting her decision to return to the Dark Continent--and to her husband. On a faraway English riverbank, a jealous Felix Cobb watches his brother swim, and curses his sister-in-law-to-be. And in the background of the\u003cbr\u003e world's daily chatter: rumors of an Anglo-German conflict, the likes of which no one has ever seen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eAn Ice-Cream War\u003c\/b\u003e, William Boyd brilliantly evokes the private dramas of a generation upswept by the winds of war. After his German neighbor burns his crops--with an apology and a smile--Walter Smith takes up arms on behalf of Great Britain. And when Felix's brother marches off to defend British East Africa, he pursues, against his better judgment, a forbidden love affair. As the sons of the world match wits and weapons on a continent thousands of miles from home, desperation makes bedfellows of enemies and traitors of friends and family. By turns comic and quietly wise, \u003cb\u003eAn Ice-Cream War\u003c\/b\u003e deftly renders lives capsized by violence, chance, and the irrepressible human capacity for love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Funny, assured, and cleanly, expansively told, a seriocomic romp. Boyd gives us studies of people caught in the side pockets of calamity and dramatizes their plights with humor, detail and grit.\" --\u003ci\u003eHarper's \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Boyd has crafted a quiet, seamless prose in which story and characters flow effortlessly out of a fertile imagination. . . . The reader emerges deeply moved.\" --Newsday\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in character and incident, An Ice-Cream War fulfills the ambition of the historical novel at its best. \u003cbr\u003e--\"The New York Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003eBooker Prize Finalist \u003cbr\u003e\"Boyd has more than fulfilled the bright promise of [his] first novel. . . . He is capable not only of some very funny satire but also of seriousness and compassion.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \"The New York Times \u003cbr\u003e1914. In a hotel room in German East Africa, American farmer Walter Smith dreams of Theodore Roosevelt. As he sleeps, a railway passenger swats at flies, regretting her decision to return to the Dark Continent--and to her husband. On a faraway English riverbank, a jealous Felix Cobb watches his brother swim, and curses his sister-in-law-to-be. And in the background of the\u003cbr\u003e world's daily chatter: rumors of an Anglo-German conflict, the likes of which no one has ever seen. \u003cbr\u003eIn An Ice-Cream War, William Boyd brilliantly evokes the private dramas of a generation upswept by the winds of war. After his German neighbor burns his crops--with an apology and a smile--Walter Smith takes up arms on behalf of Great Britain. And when Felix's brother marches off to defend British East Africa, he pursues, against his better judgment, a forbidden love affair. As the sons of the world match wits and weapons on a continent thousands of miles from home, desperation makes bedfellows of enemies and traitors of friends and family. By turns comic and quietly wise, An Ice-Cream War deftly renders lives capsized by violence, chance, and the irrepressible human capacity for love. \u003cbr\u003e\"Funny, assured, and cleanly, expansively told, a seriocomic romp. Boyd gives us studies of people caught in the side pockets of calamity anddramatizes their plights with humor, detail and grit.\" --\"Harper's\" \u003cbr\u003e\"Boyd has crafted a quiet, seamless prose in which story and characters flow effortlessly out of a fertile imagination. . . . The reader emerges deeply moved.\" --\"Newsday\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Boyd's first novel, \u003cb\u003eA Good Man in Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewon a Whitbread Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award; his second, \u003cb\u003eAn Ice-Cream War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; \u003cb\u003eBrazzaville Beach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and \u003cb\u003eThe Blue Afternoon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction. Boyd lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 7.98 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159687331903,"sku":"9780375705021","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/LQVDut2T-J9780375705021.webp?v=1777000764","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/an-ice-cream-war-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}