num_pages: 408
description: An Ice-Cream War was the debut novel of William Boyd who would go on to be recognized as 'the finest storyteller of his generation' (Sebastian Faulks). It follows the fortunes of several wildly different characters - including an expat farmer and a young English aristocrat - as they are swept up in the fighting in German East Africa during the First World War, their lives converging amid battle, betrayal, love, comedy and tragedy.
language: English
title: An Ice-Cream War
titlecomplete: An Ice-Cream War
characters: Amory Holland, Liesl von Bishop, Charis Cobb, Philip Holland, Gilzean, Felix Cobb, Walter Smith, Gabriel Cobb, Wheech-Browning, Major Bilderbeck, Erich von Bishop
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, World War I, Africa, Literary Fiction, Military Fiction, War, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 3941
places: Africa, England, German East Africa, East Africa, British Empire
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
publisher: Vintage