3027348An Ice-Cream Warhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/an-ice-cream-war-9780307787088/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3575300/d68d499e-22be-46d1-9d20-a2acc8e48678.jpg?v=638385573777000000204249MXNKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/"Rich in character and incident, An Ice-Cream War fulfills the ambition of the historical novel at its best." --The New York Times Book ReviewBooker 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<ol start"1914"><li>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 worlds daily chatter: rumors of an Anglo-German conflict, the likes of which no one has ever seen.</li></ol>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. And when Felixs 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, An Ice-Cream War deftly renders lives capsized by violence, chance, and the irrepressible human capacity for love."Funny, 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." --Harpers"Boyd has crafted a quiet, seamless prose in which story and characters flow effortlessly out of a fertile imagination. . . . The reader emerges deeply moved." --Newsday...2963142An Ice-Cream War204249https://www.gandhi.com.mx/an-ice-cream-war-9780307787088/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3575300/d68d499e-22be-46d1-9d20-a2acc8e48678.jpg?v=638385573777000000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119780307787088_W3siaWQiOiI5YmU0Nzg5OS0xMTgwLTQwZjQtOGVhOC1lNDI3MDMwODViZTIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIzMywiZGlzY291bnQiOjQyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE5MSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDc6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780307787088_Rich in character and incident, An Ice-Cream War fulfills the ambition of the historical novel at its best. --The New York Times Book ReviewBooker Prize FinalistBoyd 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<ol start1914><li>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 worlds daily chatter: rumors of an Anglo-German conflict, the likes of which no one has ever seen.</li></ol>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. And when Felixs 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, An Ice-Cream War deftly renders lives capsized by violence, chance, and the irrepressible human capacity for love.Funny, 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. --HarpersBoyd has crafted a quiet, seamless prose in which story and characters flow effortlessly out of a fertile imagination. . . . The reader emerges deeply moved. --Newsday...(*_*)9780307787088_"Rich in character and incident, An Ice-Cream War fulfills the ambition of the historical novel at its best." --The New York Times Book ReviewBooker 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<ol start"1914"><li>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 worlds daily chatter: rumors of an Anglo-German conflict, the likes of which no one has ever seen.</li></ol>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. And when Felixs 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, An Ice-Cream War deftly renders lives capsized by violence, chance, and the irrepressible human capacity for love."Funny, 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." --Harpers"Boyd has crafted a quiet, seamless prose in which story and characters flow effortlessly out of a fertile imagination. . . . The reader emerges deeply moved." --Newsday...9780307787088_Knopf Doubleday Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_d22e2ac1-1558-470e-b3e4-e14855738ad1_9780307787088;9780307787088_9780307787088William BoydInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-6cd9c121-43e0-4d14-8421-602583c836ec.epub2011-02-16T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group