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Title: An Ice-Cream War : A Novel by William Boyd, William Boyd ISBN: 0-375-70502-3 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: OK, not great
Comment: I saw "Armadillo" on A&E and was fascinated throughout. When I went to the library, "Armadillo" was not available, so I got another book by William Boyd, "An Ice-Cream War." This book was a disappointment to me. I think the writing was superficial, it didn't seem to have a plot and I never could get into the story. People asked me what it was about, and I had a hard time telling them. I'm glad others were involved, captivated, engaged etc. but I was not.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good but not wonderful.
Comment: I think it is a nice and readable book but not really a masterpiece
Rating: 4
Summary: educational history lesson plus enjoyable fiction...
Comment: An Ice-Cream War is a historical novel concerning the war front in the African colonies of Germany and Britain during WW I. As with most folks I suppose, I know relatively little of WW I ... and nothing of the battles fought in these colonies. William Boyd educates the reader of this forgotten slice of history very nicely by enveloping it in a very realistic story concerning reluctant soldiers, both German and British, and their families. The author strikes a successful balance of wry humour and pathos, with the end result being that indeed war, or at least this war, is horribly tragic and senseless.
This is the second William Boyd novel I've read, the first being Brazzaville Beach. Although both novels involve Africa, they are quite different (Brazzaville Beach is a story about modern sub-Sahara Africa). Sadly for me, I had lofty expectations of An Ice-Cream War since I thought Brazzaville Beach was one of the best novels I've ever read. So I was in a sense disappointed with An Ice-Cream War even though it is a perfectly competent and interesting story.
Bottom line: historical fiction on par with the best works from Michener and Uris. However it doesn't quite reach the levels of literary excellence of Boyd's Brazzaville Beach.
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Title: Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd ISBN: 0380780496 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 01 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Good Man in Africa : A Novel by William Boyd ISBN: 1400030021 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The New Confessions by William Boyd, William Boyd ISBN: 0375705031 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Any Human Heart by William Boyd ISBN: 0375414932 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Armadillo : A Novel by William Boyd, William Boyd ISBN: 0375702164 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 11 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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