{"product_id":"9780241970751","title":"An Ice-cream War","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Boyd, William \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 August 2014 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Essentials' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e181 x 116 x 26 | 230g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43905025638640,"sku":"9780241970751","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780241970751.jpg?v=1713467402","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9780241970751","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}