An Ice-Cream War is William Boyd's sparkling debut novel on the grimly comic side of conflict, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 'What do you think would happen if I shot an elephant in the balls?' 'I think it would hurt a great deal.' Millions die on the Western Front but in East Africa a quite different war is being waged - one with little point and which is so ignored that it will carry on after the Armistice because no one bothers to tell both sides to stop. As the conflict sweeps up natives and ...
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An Ice-Cream War is William Boyd's sparkling debut novel on the grimly comic side of conflict, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 'What do you think would happen if I shot an elephant in the balls?' 'I think it would hurt a great deal.' Millions die on the Western Front but in East Africa a quite different war is being waged - one with little point and which is so ignored that it will carry on after the Armistice because no one bothers to tell both sides to stop. As the conflict sweeps up natives and colonials, so those left at home and those fighting abroad find themselves unable to escape the tide of history bearing down on them.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 1st Printing. A VG+ UK first edition, first printing hardback (previous owner inscription to half title page)-in a VG+ unclipped dustjacket (slight damage to head of spine)-All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days)-SIGNED & DATED 'Oct 1982' BY THE AUTHOR-Pictures available upon request.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. 384 p. Audience: General/trade. VERY NICE COPY--VERY SLIGHT SHELF WARE--TEXT CLEAN AND TIGHT--GIFT--STILL HAS LOTS OF GREAT READS LEFT--1 ST. ED. --1 ST. PRINTING
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0241108683. INSCRIBED by William Boyd on title page. Fine in a priceclipped, otherwise fine dj. Author's THIRD book. (S)
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Fine. 1st Edition. 370pp. Octavo with blue cloth boards and gilt lettering on spine. Back of dust jacket has a small bit of wear. fine With World War I as its background, Boyd's third published novel follows six characters as their lives are affected by the war in East Africa. The book was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1982.
