Tom Lamont Going Home : One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024 Hardback Book

A best book of the year for the Guardian, Economist and Daily ExpressAn Observer debut of the yearExceptionally touching . . . A terrific reminder that what binds us to our loved ones isnt blood but the care we take to keep them close, and our ability to show up for them when we screw it up on the first goroundNEW YORK TIMESGently comic, bittersweetGUARDIAN, Books of the yearA poignant and generous storyTESSA HADLEY, DAILY EXPRESS Books of the YearIn an unsentimental evocation of fatherhood and male friendship, this novel explores the glory and sacrifice involved in learning to loveECONOMIST, Books of the yearPepped up and gorgeous, just bristling with lifeOLIVIA LAING, GUARDIANBrilliantly observedNEW YORKERA beautiful, funny tale of lives new and oldSUNDAY TIMESI loved it . . . wordperfectINDIA KNIGHTA spiritlifting debutDAVID MITCHELLI adored every moment. The characters have stayed with me ever sinceBELLA MACKIETo Erskine might have a steady job and a brandnew London flat, but underneath the surface, hes still the boy seeking approval from his father, Vic the young man playing latenight poker with his best friend, Ben the one still in love with the enigmatic Lia, now a single mum to a young boy, Joel. When the unthinkable happens, twoyearold Joel finds himself at the centre of this odd constellation of men To, Vic, Ben. None of them is fully equipped to look after him, but their tentative attempts at love might just be enough to offer him a new place to call home. | Tom Lamont Going Home : One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024 Hardback Book