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"Rich in character and incident, An Ice-Cream War fulfills the ambition of the historical novel at its best." The New York Times Book Review Booker Prize Finalist "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 1914. 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 Continentand 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 world's daily chatter: rumors of an Anglo-German conflict, the likes of which no one has ever seen. 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 cropswith an apology and a smileWalter 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 forbidde

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Author

William Boyd, William Boyd, Giles Foden

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group / Penguin UK

Published

1981

Language

EN

ISBN

9780141924595

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

4.1 / 5 (1,668 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14