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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.
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.
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 courage...
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.
An Ice-cream War tracks the lives of a range of interesting characters whose lives are turned upside down (or destroyed) by the first world war.
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.
An Ice-cream War. William Boyd. H. Hamilton, 1982 - Fiction - 370 pages. American, German, and British lives in Eastern Africa were turned upside down by World War I. Settlers in Eastern...
