{"product_id":"ice-cream-war-book-william-boyd-9780375705021","title":"An Ice-Cream War","description":"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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBooker Prize Finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoyd 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\u003eFunny, 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\u003eBoyd has crafted a quiet, seamless prose in which story and characters flow effortlessly out of a fertile imagination. . . . The reader emerges deeply moved. --Newsday","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49583610757393,"sku":"GOR003833603","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50350784905489,"sku":"CIN0375705023A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50936022565137,"sku":"CIN0375705023VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51521106542865,"sku":"NIN9780375705021","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52103577993489,"sku":"CIN0375705023G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53567214846225,"sku":"GOR002103372","price":24.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0375705023.jpg?v=1751325028","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/fr-fr\/products\/ice-cream-war-livre-william-boyd-9780375705021","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}