7.6 /10 1 Votes
Language English Pages 250 Followed by I Am Mary Dunne (1968) Publisher André Deutsch Genres Novel, Fiction | 3.8/5 Goodreads Publication date 1965 OCLC 368948 Originally published 1965 Page count 250 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by An Answer from Limbo (1962) Similar Brian Moore books, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Emperor of Ice-Cream is a 1965 coming-of-age novel by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore. Set in Belfast during the Second World War, the book tells the story of 17-year-old Gavin Burke, from a Nationalist Catholic family, who joins the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) over his father's objections. Based in part on Moore's own wartime experiences, he described it as the most autobiographical of his novels. Its title is taken from Wallace Stevens' poem "The Emperor of Ice-Cream".
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