Going Home

Boy-made-good Teo Erskine is back in the north London suburb of his youth, visiting his father - stubborn, selfish, complicated Vic. Things have changed for Teo: he''s got a steady job, a brand new car and a London flat all concrete and glass, with a sliver of a river view. Except, underneath the surface, not much has changed at all. He''s still the boy seeking his father''s approval; the young man playing late-night poker with his best friend, unreliable, infuriating Ben Mossam; the one still desperately in love with the enigmatic Lia. Lia''s life, on the other hand, has been transformed: now a single mum to two-year-old Joel, she doesn''t have time for anyone - not even herself. When the unthinkable happens, little Joel finds himself at the centre of a strange constellation of men - Teo, Vic, Ben - none of whom is fully equipped to look after him, but whose strange, tentative attempts at love might just be enough to offer him a new place to call home.

About the author

Tom Lamont is an award-winning journalist. In 2015, he became one of the founding writers on the Guardian's Long Read desk and since 2017 he has been a regular correspondent for American GQ. He lives in north London with his wife and two children. Going Home is his first novel.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Lamont, Lamont Tom
• Assisted by: Davies Jot (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2024
• EAN: 9781399727501
• ISBN: 978-1-399-72750-1
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Jewish, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 2010 to c 2020, FICTION / World Literature / England / 21st Century, c 2020 to c 2029