Ice Cold in Alex

Name: Ice Cold in Alex
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ISBN: 9780304366255

ISBN-10: 0304366250

ISBN-13: 9780304366255

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Christopher Landon

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They served it ice-cold in Alex - pale amber Rheingold beer in tall, dewy glasses. This is the image that haunts Captain George Anson. Stationed in the North African desert just before the fall of Tobruk, an ice-cold lager seems a million miles away.When Anson is detailed to escort two nursing sisters to Alexandria, it looks as though his wish is finally about to come true - a routine assignment, with a lager at the end of it as his reward. But what starts out as a routine journey soon becomes an epic. Forced to drive further and further south in order to escape the advancing German Army, Anson and his small party are soon on the edge of the Great Sand Sea. As they battle with the physical…

Book details

List price: $9.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cassell Guides
Publication date: 8/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Christopher Landon served with the 51st Field Ambulance in North Africa during WWII. After the war he wrote several novels, including A Flag in the City, Stone Cold Dead in the Market, and Hornet's nest. His most famous novel, however, was Ice Cold in Alex, which was made into an internationally famous movie, starring John Mills.