The Mill for Grinding Old People Young

Informationen zum Autor Glenn Patterson is the author of seven previous novels and a memoir Once Upon a Hill: Love in Troubled Times . He has written plays for Radio 3 and Radio 4 and is the co-writer of Good Vibrations (BBC Films)! based on the life of Belfast punk impresario Terri Hooley! which is due for release in 2012. A collection of his journalism! for among others the Guardian! Sunday Times and Irish Times ! was published in 2006 as Lapsed Protestant . He lives in Belfast. The Mill for Grinding Old People Young , by Glenn Patterson, is at once a novel about a young man who is caught up in the political fever of the times and a love story about discovering who you are and how you define yourself. Zusammenfassung In the cold dawn of Christmas Day 1897, Gilbert Rice, 85-years-old and in failing health, recounts his journey into manhood in a city on the cusp of great change.

Product details

• Authors: Glenn Patterson
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2012
• EAN: 9780571281831
• ISBN: 978-0-571-28183-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives