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Going Home

By: Tom Lamont
Narrated by: Jot Davies
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 'A spirit-lifting debut'
DAVID MITCHELL

'I will never forget these characters: so pained and funny, so brilliantly drawn, wrestled with and forgiven'
HELEN GARNER

'Meltingly warm'
OBSERVER

Local boy Téo Erskine is back in the north London suburb of his youth, visiting his father - stubborn, selfish, complicated Vic. Things have changed for Téo: 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 Woods.

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, Joel finds himself at the centre of an odd constellation of men - Téo, 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.©2024 Tom Lamont (P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Family Life Friendship Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural World Literature Funny England

Critic reviews

A remarkably assured, moving, melancholy and funny debut (John Banville, author of THE SINGULARITIES)
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Thought provoking, witty and warm. A wonderful narration that brings each of the characters to life.

A great debut novel

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Brilliant story with great characters, set in the Jewish community in Enfield, expertly described & narrated.

Fab Debut Novel

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In terms of narration, this would be among my top five books here on Audible. Enjoyed the story as well, familiar but never predictable. Matters are resolved not when the pieces fall back into place, but instead when the characters grow through adversity and learn to cope.

Great narration

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