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An Ice-Cream War ( 1982) is a darkly comic war novel by Scottish author William Boyd, which was nominated for a Booker Prize in the year of its publication.
- William Boyd
- 1982
Jan 1, 1982 · The First World War has been explored in fiction on many occasions, but William Boyd's An Ice Cream War focuses on a largely-forgotten front - the battle for East Africa. Both Germany and Britain had neighbouring colonies there, and the conflict also sucked in territory that at time was ruled by Belgium and Portugal.
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Feb 27, 1983 · ''An Ice-Cream War'' is a long novel, rich in character and incident, about the waste and absurdity of war. Nevertheless, Mr. Boyd can pause to admire the blithe...
American, German, and British lives in Eastern Africa were turned upside down by World War I. Settlers in Eastern Africa, once friendly neighbours, reluctantly became enemies.
An ice-cream war. by. Boyd, William, 1952-. Publication date. 1992. Topics. World War, 1914-1918 -- Africa, East -- Fiction. Publisher. New York : Avon Books.
In 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.
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Oct 5, 1999 · In 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.
- William Boyd
