Can I read The Mill for Grinding Old People Young on EtoBox?

The Mill for Grinding Old People Young by Glenn Patterson; Faber and Faber (Londyn) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Mill for Grinding Old People Young about?

Belfast in the 1830s was a city in flux. Industrialisation had led to an increase in commerce and the rapid swell of the population as workers flocked to the newly created jobs. Gilbert, a young man with prospects, begins work with the Ballast Office, looking after Belfast Port. Beneath the shadow of the Harland & Wolff shipyard Gilbert explores this ever expanding and exciting city whilst becoming aware of the political undertones and the sectarian tensions that still brew beneath its respectable veneer. In a city that still resonates with the legacy of the 1798 Rebellion Gilbert begins to question the injustices that he sees. When he meets Maria, a Polish barmaid, he is drawn into a love affair that will drive him to make a stand against those he sees as harming the city that he loves

Who reads The Mill for Grinding Old People Young?

Author

Glenn Patterson; Faber and Faber (Londyn)

Publisher

London: Faber and Faber

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780571281855

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.14 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14